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  Wild Animal Park Exhibit: African Elephant
From the elephant overlook you can even view each exhibit's elephant barn and holding yards, where the elephants go in the mornings when the keepers are cleaning the spacious main yards and hiding treats for the elephants to discover.
A herd of seven African elephants, scheduled to be culled in Swaziland due to overpopulation, safely arrived in San Diego on a truly "jumbo" plane in August 2003.
One of the Park's Asian elephants, Carol, became famous in the 1970s for her ability to "paint." Her paintings were used as fund-raisers.
www.sandiegozoo.org /wap/ex_elephants.html   (450 words)

  
 Elephant Free UK Zoos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Crumple is apparently recognisable as the elephant with the longest tail, her ears are apparently the most folded over at the top of all the elephants and she is the hairiest elephant.
Jangoli is recognisable as the elephant with the kinky tail.
The elephants used to be walked from the elephant house to the safari trail on a daily basis.
www.bornfree.org.uk /elephantfree/elefree10.htm   (14024 words)

  
 Tsarskoe Selo - The Parks - Alexandrovka, Llama House and Elephant House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
An Elephant from the Elephant House and Cows of the Imperial Farm.
That part of the Alexander Park which lies to the northwest of the Llama House and stretches up to the town near the Alexander Palace, was until 1895 a beautiful meadow adorned with magnificent groups of trees and served as a broad pasture land for cattle belonging to the Imperial Farm.
This elephant is remarkable for its good temper and its obedience to its keeper; in summer it has its freedom and bathes daily in the nearest pond of the Alexander Park.
www.alexanderpalace.org /tsarskoe/alexandrovka.html   (1057 words)

  
 ELT Bird Project
The Asian elephant on the other hand has considerably smaller ears because their size is not as large as the African elephant and the climate is often less harsh than that of Africa.
Elephants must be trained to obey simple commands from a trainer in order to clean, inspect, and move an elephant from place to place.
It is home to many interesting animals including the dwarf mongoose, the elephant shrew, the leopard cat, the pygmy marmoset and especially the golden lion tamarins and the naked mole rats.
www.geol.umd.edu /~jmerck/eltsite01/projects/group5/group5.html   (3116 words)

  
 Foster & Partners - Elephant House :: arcspace.com
Giving onto separate outdoor areas for males and females (a division that is naturally adhered to by elephants in the wild, except when the cows are in oestrus) the new Elephant House will consist of two covered enclosures – a smaller one for the bulls and a larger one for the main herd.
Foster and Partners’ design had to respond both to the needs of elephants and to those of their carers and visitors, and their first zoological building has led them to seek unique solutions to the needs of unusual clients – in terms of security, maintenance, stimulation and comfort.
The handsome existing Elephant House, to the east, will be renovated for use as an education space and cafeteria.
www.arcspace.com /architects/foster/elephant/index.htm   (501 words)

  
 Asian Elephants - National Zoo| FONZ
Asian elephants are endangered in the wild, where perhaps only 30,000 still live in forests of south and southeast Asia.
Elephant Trails for these majestic animals, and help to save populations both in zoos and in the wild through science and conservation initiatives.
The savanna elephant, which you may see in many zoos, ranges through open habitats in eastern and southern Africa, while the forest elephant occupies central and west African forests, such as those in Gabon.
nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/AsianElephants   (395 words)

  
 Elephant kills keeper at Pittsburgh zoo
The two elephants were then herded back to their enclosure at the Elephant House by workers in vans and trucks.
The elephants are trained to respond to voice commands and are also prodded along by an instrument called an ankus, which is a hook on the end of a stick that the trainers use to urge the elephants along.
The behavior that the elephant displayed of striking its trainer with its head is common between the elephants, she said.
www.post-gazette.com /localnews/20021119zoo1119p1.asp   (895 words)

  
 Elephant House - Addo, Safari Lodge, accommodation, Eastern Cape Interior, South Africa..
Elephant House - Addo is a Luxury Safari Lodge accommodation, in South Africa.
Elephant House is situated on the left of the R335 Freeway from Addo towards Paterson.
Elephant House is situated in the Sundays River Valley in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and lies just off the Garden Route.
www.go2africa.com /africa_accomm_temp.asp?ServiceNo=3122§ion_name=garden   (494 words)

  
 Elefentenparade - Elephant Parade
The unlucky elephant in the water can be released by someone calling an Elephant Parade on his turn and moving the elephant one square and out of the water.
An elephant who is sent in to the water by an elephant parade is stuck as one moved in normally.
The first elephant to reach the middle gets 3 tree trunks and is put into the big elephant house, the second elephant gets 2 tree trunks and goes into the medium house and the third elephant gets a single tree trunk and goes to the small house.
www.gamecabinet.com /sumoRulesBank/Elefant.html   (463 words)

  
 Elephant House: or, The Home of Edward Gorey reviewed by Glen Emil, Sept. 2003: Goreyography's West Wing
The journey of Gorey's Elephant House is mostly fl and white, with splashes of color photographs accenting the pages with surprising bursts of pigment.
The Elephant House was bloated with 25 thousand of them.
As far as the title goes - Elephant House - I happily find no token ceramic Asian elephant end tables, but rather an ancient commode with an abstract nod to a pachyderm.
www.goreyography.com /west/articles/elephanthouse.html   (526 words)

  
 The Elephant Sanctuary, Hohenwald, Tennessee
The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, is the nation's largest natural-habitat refuge developed specifically to meet the needs of endangered elephants.
This 300-acre facility with its award winning elephant house is a showcase for innovative solar use.
In the wild, elephants are migratory, walking 30 to 50 miles each day, and form intricate family structures.
www.elephants.com /sanct.htm   (943 words)

  
 ABC News: Treadmill Arrives for Alaska's Elephant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
John Seawell, elephant house project manager, says the conveyer belt reaches speeds of up to eight miles-per-hour.
Zoo officials are eager to get the elephant house renovation completed and Maggie back in her permanent home before the snow flies in October.
Maggie's weight became an issue when the broader question of her welfare was raised when the zoo's only other elephant died of a chronic foot infection in 1997.
abcnews.go.com /Technology/wireStory?id=1123565   (526 words)

  
 St Lucia Accommodation | Elephant Coast House B&B
Elephant Coast House offers 4-star bed and breakfast accommodation overlooking the coastal dune forest of The Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park.
Elephant Coast House is a renowned accommodation establishment in The Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park World Heritage Site.
Lucia is well situated to act as a hub to the amenities of the Elephant Coast.
www.sa-venues.com /kzn/elephantcoast.htm   (534 words)

  
 Celebrating the life and works of American author & illustrator Edward Gorey
The Edward Gorey House is pleased to announce its Summer 2006 schedule as follows:
The Edward Gorey House celebrates the life and work of acclaimed writer and artist, Edward Gorey.
Featuring exhibits of Gorey's professional work, personal life and legacy of supporting animal welfare causes, the Gorey House is a glimpse into the mind and life of one of America's truly great creative geniuses.
www.edwardgoreyhouse.org   (171 words)

  
 Addo Elephant Park Accomodation @ Elephant House / Safaris & Game Drives
Addo Elephant National Park is one of the world’s great conservation success stories and embraces one of the highest concentrations of big game in Africa and thus offers some wonderful game viewing opportunities.
In addition to the famous elephants of Addo there are also lion, buffalo, fl rhino, hyena, jackal and a variety of antelope species.
Clive takes one from The Elephant House to the historic Addo Polo Club then through the famous citrus groves of the Sundays River Valley to a beautiful look out point where pioneer Sir Percy Fitzpatrick is buried.
www.elephanthouse.co.za /safaris+gamedrives.asp   (1564 words)

  
 Münchner Tierpark Hellabrunn - Elephant House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
With mobile "swinging ropes" that were especially developed and designed by the Zoo Hellabrunn, the elephants have a maximum of available space.
Our elephants particularly enjoy a long bath in the heated pool during winter time.
Our elephant bull "Gajendra" is the proud owner of a new outdoor enclosure.
www.zoo-munich.de /geozoo.php?page=102917&v=100003   (105 words)

  
 Elephant Watch Itinerary & rates
Everything about Elephant Watch Camp is a feast for the senses, with bright swathes of cotton fanning in the breeze, huge cushioned sofas, woven local mats and special beds and furniture made from fallen trees.
Olerai House, where guests will spend their first nights, is a secluded farmhouse set in the glorious countryside of the north shore of Lake Naivasha...more about Olerai House.
Elephant Watch Safari guests will be introduced to Africa and elephants in style at Olerai house.
www.travelvantage.com /tou_ken_elephant.html   (653 words)

  
 Elephant House Cartoons
Elephant House cartoon 1 - catalog reference jlu0011
Related topics: lost property, elephant, elephants, elephant house, elephant houses, zoo, zoos, zoo keeper, zoo keepers, missing, lost, lose, losing, lost property office, lost property offices,
Copyright in this image is owned by the original artist, rights to reproduce or use the image may be obtained from www.CartoonStock.com.
www.cartoonstock.com /directory/e/elephant_house.asp   (131 words)

  
 Zoo adds more trunk space
The Elephant House was built in 1906 to house one elephant.
By the time Giants is finished in May 2000, the four elephants, one giraffe and four okapi (a giraffe relative) who share the facility will luxuriate in a 144,000-square-foot (3 1/2-acre) exhibit.
The 1906 elephant house and yard were built for one elephant; the zoo has five, though one (Sabu, its only male) is on loan to Louisville.
www.enquirer.com /editions/1998/10/15/loc_elephant15.html   (824 words)

  
 Flag Voice
He knows a house built for a giraffe will never be comfortable for him, no matter how many interests he and the owner genuinely share.
If both the giraffe and the elephant truly understand that something worthwhile is at stake, that they share a common interest in building a friendship, then to reject diversity because it creates tension and complexity is to make a decision not to grow and flourish!
They built the house (or their ancestors), they decide the policies, procedures, set up underlying assumptions for success and establish systems to reflect those assumptions.
www.uscg.mil /HQ/G-W/FLAGVOICE/fv86.htm   (1203 words)

  
 Addo Elephant House - Addo, Eastern Cape, South Africa - South Africa Luxury Hotels South Africa Luxury Hotel Reviews
The Elephant House is an exclusive 8 bedroom lodge situated near the Addo Elephant National Park in the sun-drenched Sundays River Valley.
The Elephant House Safari Co. is the in-house safari division where qualified guides conduct excellent daily game drives into the Addo Elephant Park on open Land Cruisers as well as cultural, historical & agricultural tours in the valley.
The décor at Elephant House evokes moorish, colonial & African images and is furnished with the owners' private collection of antiques, Persian rugs and Afrikana art.
www.luxurytravelmagazine.com /store/pdetails3221.php   (239 words)

  
 Strawberry Lane Revisited: An Interview with Kevin McDermott, Author of *Elephant House* (2003): Special to Goreyography
After poring over Kevin McDermott's Elephant House: or, The Home of Edward Gorey [2003] for the umpteenth time, I tried to imagine what she could have felt as she surveyed the muddle that was the entrance room at 8 Strawberry Lane, before Gorey's passing.
The publisher wanted to put an index at the beginning of the book and also to number the pages, but I thought it was important emotionally to feel as through you had come upon the house with its front door open and you explored its contents.
Looking back to when you were creating ELEPHANT HOUSE, did you ever feel you were reliving the part of Mr.
www.goreyography.com /west/articles/mcdermott.html   (1348 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Elephant House: Or, The Home of Edward Gorey: Books: Edward Gorey,John Updike,Kevin McDermott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Photographs of the exterior (peeling paint and kind of saggy porch) and the interior rooms of the house on Cape Cod in Gorey lived and worked, along with his cats and figbashes, piles of thousands of books, assorted rocks and oddish things, and the expected miriad of curiosities.
A specialty item for the true Gorey collector, Elephant House is an impressive photographic showcase and a welcome addition to both architectural studies and photographic studies reference collections.
The cityscape of salt and pepper shakers and a plate of gourd-like, spherical shapes are beautiful studies in the texture and form of ordinary objects abstracted from their normal contexts, while many others are still lives made of the house's windows and the eclectically arranged objects in front of them.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764924958?v=glance   (1858 words)

  
 RED VIC MOVIE HOUSE•Elephant
This year Gus Van Sant returned from the big budget world of Hollywood and created two works, Gerry and Elephant, that are reminiscent of his earlier works: honest to goodness "art films".
Elephant is Van Sant's meditation on Columbine, the title referring to the elephant in the middle of the room that no one wants to talk about.
Instead of a realistic vision of teenagers in their habitat, Elephant is a hyper-stylized, artistic vision that follows a collection of teen "types" as they navigate the mean streets of the high school corridor.
www.redvicmoviehouse.com /march04/03_24_04.html   (194 words)

  
 Elephant House - National Zoo| FONZ
Three Asian elephants, a calf born in 2001, his mother, and another female.
When you visit the Elephant House, be sure to enjoy the animal murals throughout the building.
The National Zoo's Elephant House was built in the 1930s.
nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/AsianElephants/aeexhibit.cfm   (149 words)

  
 The Elephant House, Addo, Garden Route & Eastern Cape, South Africa
Well, my dear, it’s a long story, but if you spend a night at the Elephant House deep in the South African savannah, then you might find the answer in an envelope on your pillow.
The Elephant House is a country lodge which reveals its charm slowly.
The Elephant House has a new game vehicle and 3 rangers, including one qualified dive instructor, in case you feel like exploring the soft coral reefs in the afternoon, after a morning's game viewing!
www.i-escape.com /theelephanthouse.php   (345 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - House passes elephant conservation bills   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Tuesday passed measures to renew American help to African and Asian nations trying to save their elephant herds from poachers and other dangers.
The African elephant legislation was first enacted in 1988 after officials saw the elephant population in Africa drop from 1.3 million in 1979 to fewer than 600,000 in 1987.
The Asian elephant has faced similar troubles, mostly due to a loss of habitat.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2001-06-12-elephant.htm   (264 words)

  
 Kevin McDermott, Elephant House or, the Home of Edward Gorey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Beginning with two full-page portraits of Gorey, one of the artist's be-ringed hands, one of his face in profile as he gazes solemnly into the near distance, followed by one of the exterior of Elephant House, McDermott displays an exterior life of the man who obviously had an immensely rich interior life.
The house got its name from an antique toilet in an upstairs bathroom which resembled an elephant's head.
Complete with a Forward by John Updike, Elephant House is a loving final chapter in the life of a popular yet enigmatic artist.
www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_mcdermott_elephanthouse.html   (618 words)

  
 Clanwilliam Guest House Accommodation, ELEPHANT RIVER GUEST HOUSE, West Coast Western Cape South Africa
Elephant River Guest House lies nestled in the historical village of Clanwilliam (7th oldest in South Africa), at the foot of the majestic Cederberg mountain range.
The Guest House built in 1911 is within walking distance of shops and restaurants, bowls, tennis and squash and is 5 minutes drive from the dam, (popular for ski-ing and bass fishing).
There are 4 en-suite chalets to choose from (2 with twin singles and 2 with double beds), individually furnished with brass beds and mosquito nets, refreshment facilities, fridge and TV.
www.wheretostay.co.za /elephantriver   (410 words)

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