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April 2009

ZIMBABWE: Wild animals compete for scarce crops
Activist exposed plot imperiling African park (Gabon)
Elephants terrorising new farmers (Zimbabwe)
Livestock a threat to elephants (Kenya)
Kole : un pasteur abat trois éléphants et se fait tuer (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Mary Rice: 'One-off' legal sale has done nothing to halt smuggling
Train kills three elephants (Zimbabwe)
Wild elephants crush three in Bangladesh
£20m of ivory seized as poachers return to their prey
Massacre of the innocents: How starving families slaughter Zimbabwe's wild animals just to put food in their mouths
Terengganu to focus on tourism (Malaysia)
Why do elephants come back home? (Sri Lanka)
Forget naxalites, here’s a real jumbo problem (India)
'Killer’ tusker no longer violent (India)
Tussle over tusks (Sri Lanka)
Wildlife under threat (Malaysia)
Human-elephant conflict intense (Sri Lanka)
Elephant hair reveals competition
Chilli pepper puts elephants at bay (Botswana)
West African States agree on urgent conservation measures to save the world's largest terrestrial mammal
South Africa: Trader Fined R20 000 for 50KG of Ivory
Over $1.5 Million in Conservation Grants to Aid Imperiled International Wildlife
Elephant Deaths Spark Security Boost (Laos)
Meghalaya on elephant alert just two days ahead of polls (India)
Poachers filling up elephant orphanage (Kenya)
Indian elephant kills Dutch man
Vital corridor for Asian elephants to be severed by government development in India
Tusks donation creates uproar (Sri Lanka)
Elephant Attack: 18,000 Oil Palm Trees Destroyed (Malaysia)
Dong Nai to protect and preserve wild elephants (Vietnam)
Conservationists look to CSI for elephant counts (Cambodia)
Authorities urged to stop elephant, tiger poaching (Indonesia)
Case of smuggling over 6.2 tonnes of tusks prosecuted (Vietnam/Tanzania)
40,000-year-old elephant footprint found in Kathmandu (Nepal)
Smuggled elephants tusks saga: Similar case continues to rumble in Tanga court
Elephants attack cyclone-hit areas (Myanmar)
2 rare elephants shot dead in Indonesian jungles
Elephants loom large as an issue in Indian elections
Wild elephant threats increase (Sri Lanka)
Wild elephants in Bengkulu under threat of extinction (Indonesia)