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The Asian elephant is the national animal of Thailand and Laos. [133] [134] It has also been declared as the national heritage animal of India. [135] Bones of Asian elephants excavated at Mohenjo-daro in the Indus Valley indicate that they were tamed in the Indus Valley Civilisation and used for work.
ElefantAsia is a nonprofit organisation protecting the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus. It operates in Laos , which it estimates to have only 1500 Asian elephants remaining, [ 1 ] 560 of these domesticated and working with their mahouts .
Chicago cartoonist John T. McCutcheon was the president of the Chicago Zoological Society from 1921 until 1948 and oversaw the zoo's construction, opening and its early years, including helping it through the war years, when the zoo saw a decrease in attendance. Grace Olive Wiley briefly worked as a reptile curator at the zoo in 1935. [26]
Articles related to the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), a species of elephant distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north to Sumatra in the south. Three subspecies are recognised—E. m. maximus, E. m. indicus and E. m. sumatranus.
A beloved elephant at the National Zoo named Kamala was euthanized Saturday in D.C. — setting off a flurry of jokes about the wild timing, as Vice President Kamala Harris is facing former ...
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Frank Howard Buck (March 17, 1884 – March 25, 1950) was an American hunter, animal collector, and author, as well as a film actor, director, and producer. Beginning in the 1910s he made many expeditions into Asia for the purpose of hunting and collecting exotic animals, bringing over 100,000 live specimens back to the United States and elsewhere for zoos and circuses and earning a reputation ...
On Nov. 1, the zoo’s elderly Asian elephant, Kamala, was euthanized. This comes after she was diagnosed […] Asian elephant Kamala dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo