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August 2011

Suspect nabbed in ivory tusk seizure (Africa/China)
Jumbos kill 2, trigger panic (India)
Indian army rescues elephant trapped in a water tank
How elephants could solve the biofuel problem
China failing to police ivory laws — report
Kenya: Tanzanian Charged With Trading in Ivory Worth Over Sh13 Million
Increase hunting quota: ICA (Zimbabwe)
Kenya: Penalties for Wildlife Crimes Too Lenient
Elephants under threat in Chiredzi (Zimbabwe)
Zim to support ivory trade proposals
Customs seizes ivory tusks smuggled in by sea (Africa to China)
Wild jumbos gatecrash school to party (India)
Dung does double duty (Sri Lanka)
Solar fencing for jumbos (India)
Increased Elephant Menace in Kodagu (India)
Police arrest trio over elephant tusks (Zimbabwe)
INTERVIEW-China consumerism latest threat to Africa's elephants-report
Elephant Study Reveals Social Bonds, Communication Skills
South Asia link up with wildlife forensics to combat illegal trade
Poachers devise new tricks to evade detection (Zimbabwe)
Work begins on state's first elephant reserve (India)
Zanzibar Ivory Haul Highlights Large-Scale Killing of African Elephants
PERHILITAN To Cooperate With Tanzanian Authorities On African Ivory Case
Poachers Feel the Long Arm of New Law (Republic of Congo)
Forest officials mull elephant corridor in Muttati (India)
Tusks From Over 500 Elephants Seized in Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Jumbos wreak havoc in Hulannuge (Sri Lanka)
Namibia: Killer Elephant Declared 'Problem Animal'
Tanzania police seize poached elephant tusks
Jumbos may get back right of way (India)
Fight elephant poaching to restore country’s lost glory (Tanzania)
Express train delayed after hitting jumbos (Malaysia)
Elephants Driven Away (Sri Lanka)
High Court seeks report on elephant corridor (India)
Tough sentence for ivory smuggler may spell way forward in elephant poaching crisis (Republic of the Congo)
Kenya: Kinango Locals Demand Cash for Ruined Crops
Namibia: Elephant Kills Tourist
Rogue elephant tramples (Namibia)
Sri Lanka's New Flashpoint for Human-Elephant Conflict
Elephant boom in North (Sri Lanka)
Kenya: Poaching Alive And Well in Country (Kenya)
Chinese in Africa told “Don’t buy illegal ivory”
UN-backed trust fund launched to protect African elephants
Carcasses of four elephants found in Pachakkanam forest (India)
Rising ivory prices threaten elephants
Conservation Groups Thrown Out, Readmitted, to Ivory Trade Meeting
Kenya: Two Suspected Poachers Arrested in Taita Taveta
WWF condemns exclusion of NGOs from key wildlife trade meeting
Illegal ivory openly on sale in Chinese cities
Kenya: KWS Plans to Relocate 200 Elephants in Narok