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Why are conservationists alarmed about Botswana’s biggest elephant hunt?

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Oaitse Nawa, founder of the Botswana-based Elephant Protection Society (EPS), said the number of ...
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Moki the elephant celebrates 43rd birthday with swim at zoo

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Moki, the African elephant at the Seneca Park Zoo, celebrated her 43rd birthday on Tuesday. Weighing 8,900 pounds, Moki is the largest elephant at the zoo and has the longest tusks.
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The Biggest Elephant Ever Killed By Man: In the dense, wild bush of Angola, in Africa, a hunter tracks and kills the largest animal ever shot on earth

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Sports Illustrated article written by Josef J. Fénykövi about tracking his famous elephant that now stands in the Rotunda of the National Museum ...
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Tuesday is World Elephant Day. 5 things to know about the world’s largest land mammals

BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or ...
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The Elephant Bird Regains Its Title as the Largest Bird That Ever Lived

History has not been kind to the elephant bird of Madagascar. Standing nearly 10 feet tall and weighing up to 1,000 pounds — or so researchers believed — this flightless cousin of the ostrich went ...