VIDEO: Escaped elephant seen wandering streets of small German town
On Wednesday, alarmed onlookers informed police in the town of Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, that an elephant was wandering the streets of the Heddesdorf neighbourhood.
Elephants in Hanover Zoo 'living in daily fear' due to beatings by keepers
Zookeepers are being accused of abusing young elephants in Hanover after activists caught them on film hitting the animals, public broadcaster ARD reports.
Berlin zoo elephant baby is actually a boy
Zoo workers in Berlin admitted on Monday that they had made a mistake about the sex of the newest member of their elephant herd.
Fury as German hunter kills massive elephant
A German hunter has reignited Zimbabwe's hunting debate after shooting dead one of the largest elephants ever seen in the country – but the company behind the hunt wants to remain anonymous.
'Killer elephant' prompts call for wild animal ban
Hesse environment minister Priska Hinz said on Tuesday that the state would ban circuses from keeping wild animals and push for a nationwide stop to the practice, after an escaped elephant killed a pensioner on Saturday.
Circus owner: activists freed killer elephant
A circus owner alleged on Monday that animal rights activists had tampered with the junction box supplying power to the cage holding an elephant that trampled a pensioner to death on Saturday.