“Meeting under the auspices of the African Elephant Coalition, the group called upon the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) not to allow China to be a partner in limited ivory trade allowed by the UN body two years ago in The Hague.” – The East African

“African elephant range states meeting in Mombasa, Kenya, have raised exception with undue focus on ivory trade within the CITES framework, saying preference should instead be given to conservation of elephants and mitigating challenges such as human wildlife conflict, law enforcement, building management capacity for range states and establishing mechanisms for local and trans- boundary elephant translocations. ” – International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

“Modern technology may soon come to the aid of farmers living under the constant threat of elephants from Mount Kenya forest.” – allAfrica.com

“The building of a corridor meant to ease the movement of elephants around Mount Kenya is set to start by the end of the month.” – allAfrica.com

World-famous Kenyan conservationist Richard Leakey has given his cautious support to the resumption of elephant culling in South Africa, declaring it “necessary” and based on “animal welfare concerns”. – IOL

“While the International Fund for Animal Welfare warns that the slaughter of elephants is funding the killing of humans, there are more traditional fears for the survival of elephants in Kenya’s Amboseli region. On Richard Leakey’s authoritative blog, one of the world’s most knowledgeable elephants experts, Cynthia Moss, reveals that 14 elephants have been speared in Amboseli since the start of the year”- IndyBlogs

“Four elephants including two infants have been killed and 10 others wounded during a series of spear attacks close to a Kenyan game park.” – Telegraph

“In Chad, Janjaweed militia from Sudan killed 100 elephants in one afternoon; in Kenya, Somali warlords armed with rocket-propelled grenades killed four wildlife rangers during a bloody raid on herds in the Tana Delta; in Democratic Republic of Congo, a whole host of rebel groups have turned the country’s dwindling elephant population into a new cash crop.” – Independent.co.uk

“In this issue of Global voices environment, we check in with various blogs around the world. The themes are varied, and some are of global concern with commentary from Kenya about elephant culling in South Africa, commentary from Europe on “Eco-colonialism” in Botswana, Brazil, DRC, Patagonia and other countries.” – Global Voices Online

“Residents of Kwale, Kenya, have called for the Kenya Wildlife Service to act after elephants crushed farmlands and attacked villagers in recent days.
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“On January 24, six crop-raiding male elephants were de-tusked on Ol Pejeta Conservancy. The exercise was carried out by Ol Pejeta and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).” – African Path

“International bans on the ivory trade and efforts to control poaching have helped Kenya’s elephant population rebound, wildlife authorities say. In the Tsavo/Mkomazi area — a conservancy in the larger Tsavo area in southern Kenya — the elephant population grew from 10,397 in 2005 to 11,696 in 2008, according the Kenya Wildlife Service.” – E-Wire

“Seventeen African countries, including Kenya, have signed a document for the establishment of a coalition to save the elephant.” – allAfrica.com

“A shimmer of light over much of the gloom shadowing Kenya at the moment is the heart warming news that elephant population in the country has been on the rise in the last several years. Breaking the news early this week, the Kenya Wildlife Service said a four per cent growth of elephant population was an indication that the state of the country?s wildlife is healthy. This follows successful anti-poaching measures and internationally supported bans on ivory trade.” – Nationmedia.com

“One night in mid January and elephant calf fell into a 20 foot deep waste pit at Little Governors? Camp on the edge of the Masai Mara. Wildlife Extra is surprised that somewhere such as Governors? would have such a tempting but deadly pit.” – Wildlife Extra

“Residents of the larger Meru Central region, many of them farmers, live under fear of elephants.” – allAfrica.com

“The paper in the Jan. 11 issue of the journal Science is the latest to chronicle one of many patterns to emerge since 1995, when UC Davis ecologist Truman Young fenced elephants and other large herbivores out of 10-acre plots in the central Kenya savannah.” – UC Davis

“Experiments on wild elephants living in Kenya found that individuals can remember the whereabouts of at least 17 family members, and possibly even as many as 30.” – AlterNet