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George Peress Sanderson (1848– 5 May 1892, Madras [1]) was a British naturalist who worked in the public works department in the princely state of Mysore.He began a system for capturing wild elephants that were destructive to agriculture so as to use them in captivity.
The Elephant Whisperer published in April 2009 by Pan Macmillan in London and in July 2009 by Thomas Dunne/St Martin's Press in New York, is the second book written by South African author and conservationist Lawrence Anthony along with journalist Graham Spence.
Elephantidae is a family of large, herbivorous proboscidean mammals collectively called elephants and mammoths. These are large terrestrial mammals with a snout modified into a trunk and teeth modified into tusks. Most genera and species in the family are extinct. Only two genera, Loxodonta (African elephants) and Elephas (Asian elephants), are ...
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The last elephant in the vicinity of the Cape Peninsula was killed in 1704, and elephant populations west of the Knysna region were extirpated prior to 1800. By 1775, the remaining Cape elephants had retreated into forests along the foothills of the Outeniqua / Tsitsikamma coastal mountain range around Knysna, and dense scrub-thickets of the ...
Mahouts, or elephant trainers, trained elephants using chains and a hook called an “elephant goad.” The animal grew accustomed to being led, raising its leg to provide a stepstool for riders ...
This category includes books primarily about elephants. Articles must contain the specific reference ("Category:Books about elephants") to be listed below. Wikidata has data related to Books about elephants .
Related: Elephant at Oakland Zoo Eats Huge Pumpkin in One Bite & the Crowd Goes Wild “Keepers work with Jade to strengthen her core and leg muscles though daily stretching sessions and even low ...