“The elephants themselves are also teachers of a sort, conveying knowledge about the world of Thai elephants to Australian families, to schoolchildren and their teachers, as they visit the zoos.” – Bangkok Post

“Seeking respite from Sydney’s heat, two Asian elephants today played with their keepers under the waterfall in their newly built Taronga Zoo enclosure.” – The Australian

“A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.” – Real Movie News

“Australasia’s oldest male asian elephant has died at a zoo in central-western New South Wales.” – ABC News Online

“Females Dokkoon, Kulab and Num-Oi are thriving at Melbourne Zoo after two years in quarantine on the Cocos Islands.

To the delight of keepers, resident cow Mek Kapah, who had not had contact with other female elephants for 25 years, quickly warmed to the arrivals. ” – Sunday Herald Sun

“RSPCA Victoria is opposed to the decision to bring the elephants to Australia because of concerns for their welfare.” – NEWS.com.au

“With the controversy over the export of eight elephants to Australia still fresh in the minds of Thai and international environmentalists, the Chiang Mai Night Safari has agreed to send to China 29 wild animals from four endangered species.” – The Nation Multimedia

“Claims by international animal rights groups that there is widespread opposition to the export of eight Thai elephants to state-owned zoos in Australia are a ?breathtaking exaggeration,? one of the Australian zoo directors said yesterday.” – IHT ThaiDay

“Only DNA checks can settle the issue of whether the animals being sent to Australia are domesticated or wild ” – Nation Multimedia

“Sydney and Melbourne zoos say legal action will only be taken as a last resort to prevent animal rights activists blocking the delivery of eight Asian elephants to Australia.” – theage.com.au

“Nairobi court to hear NGO’s plea; Koala deal stopped due to elephant blockade ” – Nation Multimedia

“Our Thai elephants face yet another hurdle on their long, slow journey to Taronga Zoo, with Thai protesters calling for yet another halt in the program to bring them to Australia.” – The Daily Telegraph

“A Kanchanaburi wildlife conservation group announced that it won’t negotiate with the government and waits for the result of DNA testing to verify whether the Australia-bound elephants are home-bred or from the wild.” – Bangkok Post

“Animal rights protesters who blocked the transfer of eight Asian elephants from Thailand to Australia placed the animals under “horrific stress,” Environment Minister Ian Campbell said yesterday.” – People’s Daily Online

“The controversial shipment of eight young elephants from Thailand to Australia was temorarily abandoned yesterday after animal rights activists blockaded the roads in Kanchanaburi, forming a human chain around the animals’ quarantine site.” – New Zealand Herald

“Eight Asian elephants which have been the centre of court action involving animal rights protesters will arrive in Australia in the next few days, a spokesman for Sydney’s Taronga Zoo says.” – theage.com.au

“The zoo and its Sydney counterpart will send about 40 native animals, including koalas, kangaroos, dingoes and possums, to the Chiang Mai Night Safari in a deal that will see the importation to Australia of eight Asian elephants.” – theage.com.au

“Animal welfare groups have welcomed the decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) to give conditional approval for Sydney and Melbourne Zoos to import a group of Asian elephants.” – ABC News Online