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May 2009

Elephants suffering in Mali drought
EDITORIAL: Joint measures to curb carnage of tuskers from Tanzania needed
Conservationists Want Greater Protection for Central African Elephants
Elephants tusks smuggling: DCI springs into action (Tanzania)
Consignee, broker of elephant tusk shipments to be sanctioned (Philippines/Tanzania)
Philippines authorities seize more elephant tusks smuggled from Dar (Tanzania)
Hunting can help protect wildlife (South Africa)
WORST DROUGHT IN 26 YEARS THREATENS SURVIVAL OF LAST DESERT ELEPHANTS IN WEST AFRICA
Hunters take out Kruger's animals; Activists question the government's commitment to protecting national heritage (South Africa)
Traffickers in Elephant Products Prosecuted (Cameroon)
Elephant poachers released after paying small fine in Kenya
CDGK gets four Tanzania elephants (Pakistan)
Major Cameroon raid nets key poachers, weapons and huge bushmeat haul
100 pieces of ivory seized in sack (Uganda)
Growing animosity (India)
Wounded elephant's fate weighs on many Vietnamese
Kenyans hand over more than 100 kilos of ivory
On the prowl (India)
Wild elephants raise havoc (Nepal)
Elephants revisit Alorna farm (India)
Two rare elephants killed in Indonesia
Riau BKSDA investigating killing of two Sumatran elephants
Elephants to be culled for research - and for their own survival (South Africa)
Elephant kills man in Limpopo (South Africa)
Death of the matriarch Echo (Kenya)
Wild jumbos run amok in new habitats (Sri Lanka)
Elephants migrate to ‘de-stress’ (India)
HC asks govt to shift elephant affected by TB from Nilgiris (India)
Elephant herd from Nepal sighted in Dudhwa Park (India/Nepal)
Wild elephants in school playground (Sri Lanka)
One killed in Bankura elephant attack (India)
Sanctuary near Kenyir Lake attracts 31,140 local and foreign visitors (Malaysia)
Illegal Chinese Quarry Devastates Communities and Wildlife Area (Kenya)
Zimbabwe: Botswana Stray Elephants Driven Back
Kenya arrests two suspects with ivory haul
Govt to support anti-poaching fight (Tanzania)
Elephant herds flee troubled Zimbabwe
Pair plead guilty in Kenya after huge ivory haul
Elephants devastate oil palm plantations (Indonesia)
Elephants trample Indian democratic process
Mother, child trampled to death by elephant (India)
Elephants trample five to death in Dhubri district (India)
Rogue elephants terrorise Dong Nai (Vietnam)
Forestry staff in coma after bashing by poachers (Malaysia)
ProFauna Calls for Indonesian Government’s Action to Stop Elephant and Tiger Poaching in Sumatra (press release)
New rail loop lines in Rajaji park to protect elephants (India)
Ministry orders halt to elephant exports (Thailand)