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  2. How Heavy Poaching Has Led to Tuskless Elephants - AOL

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    There are two broad species of elephants, the African and Asian elephants.Both sexes of African elephants still have tusks. However, a recent study revealed that many females are born tuskless ...

  3. Transportation of animals - Wikipedia

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    A horse being led into a horse trailer. The transportation of animals is the intentional movement of non-human animals by transport. Common categories of animals which are transported include livestock destined for sale or slaughter; zoological specimens; laboratory animals; race horses; pets; and wild animals being rescued or relocated ...

  4. Palaeoloxodon - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, some of the island dwarf species are the smallest elephants known. The smallest species, P. cypriotes and P. falconeri, only reached 1 metre (3.3 ft) tall as fully grown adults, [20] [21] with fully grown adult bulls of P. falconeri having an estimated body mass of only 250 kg (550 lb). [21]

  5. Sri Lankan elephant - Wikipedia

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    Their back is convex or level. Females are usually smaller than males. 90% of tuskless males are called makhnas. Some males have tusks. [3] Sri Lankan elephants are the largest subspecies reaching a shoulder height of between 2 and 3.5 m (6.6 and 11.5 ft), weigh between 2,000 and 5,500 kg (4,400 and 12,100 lb), and have 19 pairs of ribs.

  6. Why Elephants Have the Longest Pregnancies on Earth - AOL

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    Elephants have the longest gestation of any creature on the planet. Asian elephant gestation periods last anywhere from 18-22 months, while African elephant gestations last a full 22 months. That ...

  7. Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971

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    This ruling forced the two slaughterhouses in Texas to close. In September 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a similar ban in Illinois, causing the plant located in that state to close. [a] However, BLM procedures do not ban the export of wild horses for sale and slaughter outside the United States. [73]

  8. Oaklawn Farm - Wikipedia

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    Oaklawn Farm is a historic property in Wayne, Illinois.The farm was operated by the Dunham family, who successfully bred Percheron horses. The property features the chateauesque Dunham Castle, which was built by Mark Wentworth Dunham in 1880.

  9. Man documents inflated grocery prices in Alaskan hometown ...

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    In the most recent video, Magdanz described his visit to the newest grocery store in Kotzebue, recording some food and drink prices there.. Butter was on sale for $8.14 per pound, a quart of ...