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Mexico’s supreme court rules in favor of Ely, a depressed elephant at a zoo

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Ely is known as “the sad elephant.” She’s been depressed since she was rescued from abusive conditions at a circus years ago. Now, there are efforts underway to improve her conditions at a Mexican zoo after the country’s high court ruled in her favor.

Elephants walk in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, January 26, 2015

Elephants trampling your crops? Release the bees.

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When you buy ivory, you may be funding al-Shabab terrorists

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Corporal Patricia Mututu (left), a 30-year Kenya Wildlife Service veteran, and Ranger Mildred Oduor on patrol in Nairobi National Park. Hundreds of Kenya Wildlife Service rangers have been shot by poachers in the last three years; 13 have been killed.

Rangers in Kenya are outgunned in the new poaching arms race

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