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		Asian Elephant ^Votes:0 ASIAN ELEPHANTS Elephas maximus Subspecies: indicus, maximus, sumatranus "Asian Cow and Calf" Photo by DougPernikoff Vocabulary: depigmentation , poaching , musth , matriarchal , herbivores , infrasonic "Biligiri seemed unsure of what to do with himself. The entireafternoon he had been hesitant, shuffling up and down the welltrodden paththat ran through the jungle to the pond. He listened to sounds of musicand laughter, of a child wailing, the squeak of a wheel cranking up a bucketof water from a well, of wet clothes being beaten against a stone, buthe did not really take them in. Not today. They seemed rather jumbled.He was undergoing a strange transformation, a transformation which wasperfectly normal for his age, though he did not know it. His entire bodywas alig Read More Go to Site


		Current Elephant Situation ^Votes:0 News Take a look at what the elephant experts have to say about circuses The Elephant Web Log Save the Elephants News Section Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Web Site Ivory vote sparks new fears for elephants - Nov 13, 2002 Elephants in the firing line - Nov 13, 2002 African ivory sales get go-ahead - Nov 13, 2002 Reporting from CITES in Santiago, Chile - Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - Bad day for the Elephants - UPDATED U.S. supports reopening the sale of African ivory under strict regulation - Nov 11, 2002 Hong Kong-based dealers behind revival of illegal ivory trade - Nov 10, 2002 Elephants blunder back into the line of fire - Nov 8, 2002 Ivory row tops trade agenda - Nov 1, 2002 Ivory trade threatens 'new' elephant species - Oct 31, 2002 Call for ban on trade of ivory - Oct 30, 2002 Ivory Smu Read More Go to Site

		EFTel - Australian Internet Service Provider ISP, Broadband ADSL ^Votes:0 EFTel announces the roll out of VDSL2, the fastest broadband network currently available, to the Australian market. For further information, please click here . About EFTel. EFTel Ltd is one of Australia’s largest telecommunications suppliers. We provide telephone and Internet services to over 120,000 customers throughout Australia. In addition, our wholesale division DFT Wholesale Internet provides services to approximately a quarter of Australian ISPs. We have a proven commitment to providing first-class services in regional Australia as well as metropolitan areas. Can I get ADSL? © 2005 EFTel Limited ABN 47 073 238 178 \| Investor relations \| Terms & Conditions \| Privacy \| Sitemap \| Online Safety // Provide alternate content for browsers that do not support scripting // or for thos Read More Go to Site

		How domesticated elephants can help their wild relations ^Votes:0 How domesticated elephants can help their wild relations It is not only Asia's domesticated elephant population that is in crisis . The wild population in many countries is "severely threatened by habitat destruction, poaching and fragmentation into small, isolated groups",according to Richard C. Lair's new book, "Gone Astray: the care and management of the Asian elephant in domesticity". Calves born in captivity can be released to bolster wild numbers Poachers hunt bull elephants for their tusks. And elephants in Thailand, for example, have just begun to be killed in response to crop raiding. Reports from the Thai border with Myanmar strongly suggest that sometimes cow elephants are shot solely so that the hunters might capture and sell their calves. Lair argues that the troubled domestic Read More Go to Site

		Server is no longer available ^Votes:0 The following servers are no longer available: alaike.lcc.hawaii.edu campus.leeward.hawaii.edu lccwintersession.hawaii.edu For more information contact: therese@hawaii.edu Read More Go to Site

		Statement of Rep. Saxton, Asian Elephant Conservation Act, Nov. 4, 1997 ^Votes:0 STATEMENT BY THE HONORABLE JIM SAXTON, CHAIRMAN SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS AT THE SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE HEARING ON THE ASIAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION ACT NOV. 4, 1997 Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to have this opportunity to testify today in strong support of the Asian Elephant Conservation Act. I introduced the House version of this legislation with a number of my colleagues on June 4th of this year. It is modeled after the highly successful African Elephant Conservation Act, which has funded over 50 conservation projects in 17 range states throughout Africa. Mr. Chairman, based on the evidence, it is clear that these projects, worth more than $15 million in Federal and private matching funds, have been instrumental in stopping the demise Read More Go to Site

		The Elephant Page ^Votes:0 The Elephant Page The African Elephant (Loxodonta africana): the largest, most powerful, and yet most gentle land mammal. Size: The male African elephant can reach a height of ten feet tall (to its shoulders), and can weight up to six tons. The female is a bit smaller and can weigh up to four tons. Lifestyle of the African Elephant: elephants live together in families with one of the female elephants as the herd's leader. The male elephants live solitary lives. When an elephant wants to communicate with another elephant, the elephant makes a rumbling noise from its throat. When it gets angry, it makes a loud trumpeting sound. What do Elephants Eat: Elephants are herbivores , and eat grass, foliage, fruit, branches, and twigs. Elephants can eat up to 500 pounds of vegetation in a single day Read More Go to Site

		The Elephant Sanctuary, Hohenwald, Tennessee ^Votes:0 Conservation? Information has recently indicated there may actually be a THIRD species of elephants. MORE INFORMATION ON THE THIRD SPECIES There are several anatomical and behavioral differences between Asian and African elephants and many similarities. Most noticeable is the difference in ears. Africans have huge ears shaped much like the continent of Africa. (One ear from a bull African elephant weighs more than 100 pounds.) Asians, who live in cooler forest areas, have smaller ears. Asians have rounded backs and relatively smooth skin. Africans display a sway back and very wrinkled skin. Among Asian elephants, only males grow long incisor teeth called tusks, and not all males have them. (This is why ivory poaching has not been a tremendous problem for Asian elephants.) African elephants Read More Go to Site

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