A ground breaking study by an Indian Forest Service officer and a Pune-based researcher has found that, asian elephants ritually bury their dead calves. Although instances of elephants burying their dead has found mention in african literature,this is the first time such behaviour has been documented in Asian Elephants.

Asian Elephants ritually bury their dead calves: Study

A high court in Bangladesh on Sunday (Feb 25) barred the adoption of Asian elephants from the wild. Speaking to news agency AFP, Bangladesh's Deputy Attorney General Amit Das Gupta said that the high court suspended all licenses for the captive rearing of elephants.

Bangladesh court bars adoption of Asian elephants from wild, activists hail move

A 27-year-old Asian elephant named Rani died at the St. Louis Zoo in Missouri on Friday. Officials at the St. Louis Zoo announced Rani's demise on Tuesday afternoon, saying a dog on the loose might have been indirectly responsible for her death.

A dog on the loose in a Missouri zoo caused an elephant to become so anxious that she died

Experts are stumped and “powerless” as three Asian elephants died in a month after a deadly virus swept through Zurich’s zoo. Experts said that they don’t know how to stop the spread of a virus.

What is herpesvirus? Experts 'powerless' as deadly virus stalks Zurich zoo, kills 3 Asian elephants

Ma Mingliang rarely encountered wild elephants while growing up in southwestern China, after centuries of hunting and deforestation nearly eradicated them. Today, the 42-year-old village chief barricades his community to keep them out.

China villagers learn to live with the elephant in the room

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