“Melbourne Zoo’s big ticket attraction, its five Asian elephants, would soon move to the Werribee Open Range Zoo under a new vision in animal care by zoo chief John Wills.” – theage.com.au

“The eight Asian elephants brought in amidst considerable controversy from tourist and work camps in Thailand in late 2006 have settled in so well that three of them are now pregnant.” – The Australian

“No baby elephant has ever been born in Australia – but now three elephants are pregnant at zoos in Sydney and Melbourne.” – The Age

“Bong Su, the 34-year-old bull elephant at the Melbourne Zoo, has smashed an Australian and a world record, and all it took was a little gentle persuasion.” – theage.com.au

“In a first for Melbourne Zoo, a 15-year-old Asian elephant is pregnant.” – Total Nine News

“An endangered Asian elephant which was brought to Australia as part of a contentious breeding programme has fallen pregnant through artificial insemination, officials said Monday.” – AFP

“Renewed doubts over the legality of Taronga Zoo’s importation of nine Asian elephants have been raised overseas, with documents from Thailand suggesting that up to half may have been snatched from the wild.” – National

“Taronga Zoo is keeping mum about whether one of its Thai elephants is pregnant.” – The Sydney Morning Herald

“The RSPCA and Victorian Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu urged an inquiry into the zoo after a report alleged an elephant had been stabbed by a trainer and other animals were held in conditions injurious to their health.” – The Sydney Morning Herald

“It is not yet known if the elephant’s handler, aged in his 60s, died of a heart attack today before suffering an injury to his back, or even if an elephant caused the injury.” – Herald Sun

“If there is any truth to the rumour that weight gain is associated with happiness, Taronga Zoo’s Thai elephants are positively ecstatic one year after moving into their new home” – The Daily Telegraph

“The elephants have come to trust their keepers thanks to patience, perseverance and lots of play time.” – Herald Sun

“After almost 40 years in the circus, Tony Ratcliffe is hanging up his clown shoes and sending his beloved elephant Jumbo to Australia.” – NZ Herald

“Seven-year-old Gung’s amorous appetite could sire the first Australian-born Asian elephants.” – Mercury – The Voice of Tasmania

“Cambodia’s agriculture ministry has given the green light to plans to run DNA tests in Australia on 520 dung samples collected in the country’s southwest Cardamom Mountains.” – Herald Sun

“Conservationists said Friday they plan to send some 520 samples of elephant dung to Australia for DNA analysis, hoping the results will help them estimate more accurately the number of elephants in the Cambodian wild.” – International Herald Tribune

“Melbourne scientists are to run DNA tests on elephant dung sent from Cambodia to help work out numbers and monitor wild populations in the formerly war-torn nation.” – theage.com.au

“Beer nuts, paints, perfume, hair products and even three harmonicas contributed to a $6.6 million bill to bring eight asian elephants to Australia.” – Herald Sun