Video: Baby elephant orphaned for ivory trade
Phachi is an orphan, her mother was shot and killed by suspected poachers at her home in Ratchaburi Province. She now lives in Thailand's Lampang Elephant Conservation Centre, about 700km north of Bangkok.
Thailand gets taste for elephant meat
A taste for eating elephant meat has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the local species.
In Thailand, Elephant Sashimi is All the Rage
SAN FRANCISCO -- In Asia, there's an ongoing irony that deepens as the natural world dwindles to the size of a parking lot. Wild animals, once revered and assigned all kinds of spiritual meaning, are increasingly ending up as...
New taste for elephant meat in Thailand could pose threat to species
BANGKOK - A new taste for eating elephant meat - everything from trunks to sex organs - has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.
AP Exclusive: New taste for Thai elephant meat
A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.
Growing taste for elephant meat in Thailand raises risk of extinction claims horrified animal welfare group
The elephant, a national symbol in Thailand, is facing a new threat because of a developing taste for its meat in the country, it was claimed today.
Eating Elephant Meat in Thailand Threatens Extinction
Asian elephants, which have been on the list of endangered species since 1976, are now facing a new threat: Thailand's taste for eating elephant meat.
Infection suspected in baby elephant's death in Thailand
Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) - The carcass of a five-month-old male elephant was found yesterday near a pond in Phetchaburi's Royally Initiated Kui Buri National Forest Reserve Rehabilitation Project area in central Thailand.