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The Earth (Movie) Will Blow Your Mind

Jake Brewer | Posted 05.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Earth Movie, Elephants, Polar Bears, An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore, Film, Disney, Whales, Disney Nature's Earth, Green News

Earth is a stunning masterpiece that will leave even the most ardent coal lobbyist in awe of our planet and yearning to see more -- and to preserve it.

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Ivory's Ghosts: White Gold and the Fate of the Elephant

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green

Read More: South Africa, Cites, Africa, Ivory Trade, Elephants, Poaching, Culling, Georgianne Nienaber, Kenya, Jihn Frederick Walker, Kruger Park, Anthony Pellicano, Animals, Zimbabwe, Green News

Ivory's Ghosts: The White Gold of History and the Fate of the Elephants is a meticulous examination of the allure of ivory that reads like a novel and is impossible to put down.

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Circus Elephants' Rights Subject Of Heated Legal Battle

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 04.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Animal Rights, Elephants, Animals, Circus, Circus Animal Rights, Green News

WASHINGTON — Animal rights activists and Ringling Bros. argued in court Wednesday over the use of metal-tipped prods and chains to control eleph...

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Jade: The Little Elephant That's Fighting A Deadly Virus

Cindy Letchworth | Posted 03.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Herpes, Elephants, St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis, Zoo, Animals, Herpesvirus, Jade Elephant, Sick Animal, Jade, Green News

We St. Louisians are pulling for baby elephant Jade, and hope the anti-viral medications and round-the-clock care she is receiving save her life.

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Ringling Brothers Accused In Court Of Violating Endangered Species Act

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Circus, Ringling Brothers, Elephants, Animals, Endangered Species Act, Animal Rights, Ringling Brothers Lawsuit, Green News

WASHINGTON — The treatment of circus elephants went on trial in federal court Wednesday with animal rights groups accusing Ringling Bros. of vio...

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The Real Cost of "Virtual" Nature

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Videophilia, Zoos, Elephants, Animatronic Elephants, Zoo Elephants, Sea World, Peta, Los Angeles Zoo, Virtual Nature, Richard Louv, Robert Kennedy Jr., Nature-Deficit Disorder, Children, Animals, Los Angeles, Electronic Media, Technology, Green News

A zoo visit won't achieve the same level of impact as an African safari, but most of us, viewing elephants and other exotic animals in their ever-shrinking native habitat is not possible.

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Odd Couple at the Zoo: Slash and Betty White

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pachyderm Forest, L.A. Zoo, Golden Girls, Elephants, Slash, Los Angeles Zoo, Betty White, Guns N' Roses, Zoo, Animals, Entertainment News

Rocker Slash (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) and "Golden Girl" Betty White have joined forces to battle activists seeking to cease construction of the L.A. Zoo's Asian elephant habitat.

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Orphaned Elephants Saved From Poachers

The Mail Online | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Poaching, Orphaned Elephants, Elephants, Kenya, Animals, Poachers, Green News

At feeding time, it's not just the odd pint of milk that's needed for these hungry mouths - it's gallons. Every one of these elephant calves lost i...

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Recycled Elephant Poop Paper Products

Treehugger.com | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Mr Ellie Pooh, Elephants, Sri Lanka, Elephant Poo Paper Products, Animals, Treeless Paper, Green Technology, Green News

Why Harvest Elephant Poop for Paper in Sri Lanka? To save elephants, of course. It turns out that a tenth of the mere 40,000 Asian elephants worldwid...

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The Myth of the Wild

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 01.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Animal Rights, L.A. Zoo, Free Billy, Elephants, Zoo, Billy the Elephant, Conservation, Animals, Los Angeles Zoo, Wildlife Sanctuary, Pachyderm Forest, Living News

Most animal lovers would agree they'd prefer that exotic animals live in the wild than in captivity. But with our planet increasingly in peril, how many truly wild places remain?

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Celebrities Fight Huge LA Elephant Exhibit

AP | NOAKI SCHWARTZ | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Bob Barker, Goldie Hawn, Halle Berry, Elephants, Animals, LA Zoo, Green News

LOS ANGELES — Kids can keep visiting Billy the elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo _ for now. The City Council on Wednesday delayed a controversial...

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Zoo Is Not a Dirty Word

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 12.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), Wildlife Sanctuary, Zoos, Zoological Gardens, Elephants, Pachyderm, Conservation, Animals, Los Angeles Zoo, Living News

A small, vocal group of animal activists in Los Angeles is mounting a campaign to halt construction on the new elephant exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo, and to send its Asian bull elephant to a sanctuary.

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Interpol, Kenya Wildlife Service Bust 57 Illegal Traders With One Ton Of Ivory

BBC NEWS | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Ivory Smuggling, Ivory, Africa, Elephants, Ivory Trade, Animals, Ivory Bust, Kenya, Green News

More than one tonne of ivory products has been seized in Africa's largest-ever international crackdown on wildlife crime. The operation, co-ordinated...

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Elephant Art trunk show paints the town red

Summer Rayne Oakes | Posted 12.01.2008 | Style

Read More: Ecofashion, Elephants Painting, Eco-Fashion, Elephants, Sustainable Style, Wildlife Conservation, Fashion Shows, Fashion, Runway, Elephant Style, Elephant Art, Elephant Fashion, Style News

Chatting it up with Alex Melmid, founder of the Elephant Art Project. (Dress by Carasan) We had 300 RSVPS for the Elephant Art trunk show at HOME/Gue...

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Kenyan Elephants Text Rangers Before Raiding Villages

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 11.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Farming, Elephants, Animals, Food Crisis, Kenya, Green News

OL PEJETA, Kenya — The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms. The ...

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Clean Up GOP Mess Nov. 4

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 11.09.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain, Barnum & Bailey, Fed, Gop, Federal Debt, Bernanke Fed, Elephants, Ben Bernanke, Republican Party, Ringling Brothers, Dow, Business News

Mr. Bernanke doesn't say it, but the current crisis in the subprime mortgage market may be a perfect illustration of the financial accelerator at work today.

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Asian elephant cured in rehab of heroin addiction

AP | Posted 10.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Stupid News, Elephants, Elephant Heroin Withdrawal, Elephants on Heroin, Trainspotting but With Elephants, Heroin, Animals, Elephants on Methodone, Elephants Getting Off Heroin, Home News

BEIJING — An Asian elephant that became addicted to heroin at the hands of illegal traders will return home after a three-year rehab program, Ch...

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The Greatest Lie on Earth

Leslie Griffith | Posted 08.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Ringling Circus, Elephants, Health, Elephants Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Circus, Living News

Every animal on the blue unit now performing in LA, then heading to San Diego and on to the San Francisco Bay area has either tested positive for tuberculosis, or has had a full blown case of M-TB.

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The Emperor Changes His Clothes: A Cartoon

J.S. McDougall | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, Politics, John McCain, Elephants, Cartoon, Politics News

I submit for your pleasure the first cartoon in the Chelsea Green Cartoon Series, The Emperor Changes His Clothes, by Dennis Pacheco. Watch chelsea...

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