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Animal welfare concerns about elephants in captivity stem from the uniqueness of elephants' social structure, biology, size, and spatial requirements. [7] In the wild, elephants sometimes walk 50 miles a day, [ 7 ] while the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) in the United States recommends a minimum of 5400 ft 2 (500 m 2 ) of space per ...
An elephant population census was conducted in Sabah between July 2007 and December 2008, counting dung piles along 216 line transects in five main elephant managed ranges, covering a total distance of 186.12 km (115.65 mi).
Thailand is considered home to approximately 15% of the 52,000 Asian elephants currently ... and assistance to Thailand’s captive elephant population, ... one of six Women Heroes of Global ...
Female same-sex behaviours have been documented only in captivity, ... The ivory trade contributed to the fall of the African elephant population in the late 20th ...
Experts estimate the wild elephant population in Thailand has dwindled to 3,000-4,000, a decline from more than 100,000 at the beginning of the 20th century. Meanwhile, the number of captive ...
The Fort Worth Zoo welcomed its first Asian elephant 100 years ago. ... The population of Asian elephants in the wild ... Researchers used to think the virus only affected elephants in captivity ...
Chengalloor Dakshayani (c.1930 – 5 February 2019) was a female Asian elephant owned by Travancore Devaswom Board and kept at the Chenkalloor Mahadeva Temple in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India, which at the time of her death on 5 February 2019 was believed to be the oldest elephant in captivity in Asia.
According to the IUCN, African elephants have an estimated population of about 415,000.Three-quarters of this estimate are African savanna elephants.Over 50% of African forest elephants reside in ...