The Elephant
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| Artists | Wassily Kandinsky |
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| Created | 1908 |
| Periods | Expressionism |
| Genres | Animal Painting |
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| ID | 2909083 |
About The Elephant
Philippines: World's 'saddest' elephant dies in Manila zoo
... Zoo authorities however argued that The Elephant was best kept in captivity as she had not known what life was like in the wild...
Pablo Escobar's feral hippos face cull in Colombia
... Hippos are the second largest land animal after The Elephant and adult males can weigh up to three tonnes...
Nigeria burns $1. 4m-worth of pangolin scales in anti-trafficking stand
... The agency had confiscated the scales in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and a pan-African alliance named The Elephant Protection Initiative...
Ukraine war: Western allies say they are running out of ammunition
... " The Elephant in the room is that not everyone in the alliance is yet spending 2% of their GDP on defence...
Voters aren't talking about Brexit, says Lib Dem leader
... " I would love to see the party being much more honest and braver about addressing The Elephant in the room, " says parliamentary candidate Caroline Voaden...
What I learned about Lucy Letby after 10 months in court
... As the case progressed without any insight into her possible motives, the nurse s personality remained The Elephant in the room...
£250m funding for more hospital beds in England this winter
... Pat Cullen, from the Royal College of Nursing, added: " The Elephant in the room is who will staff these additional beds? Nursing staff are already spread too thinly over too many patients...
Elephant corridors: The busy trunk routes where locals take care to cross
... Warning signs by the roadside mark out The Elephant corridors, so the locals know to keep clear of their usual paths...
Pablo Escobar's feral hippos face cull in Colombia
By Graeme BakerBBC News
Colombia is to cull some of the 166 hippos descended from a herd owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s.
Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said that 20 would be sterilised, others would be transferred Abroad - and " some" would be euthanised.
Experts have for years tried to control the hippo numbers.
Escobar imported The Animals for his Hacienda Nápoles private zoo. They were left to roam freely after he was killed in a shootout with police in 1993.
Authorities have tried various approaches to curb the population explosion in Colombia's main river, the Magdalena, including sterilisation and transferring individuals to zoos Abroad .
Efforts failed to contain The Herd 's growth, however, with a lack of predators and the fertile and swampy Antioquia region providing perfect conditions for the native African animal to thrive.
Their fate was sealed when hippos were declared an invasive species Last Year , opening The Door to a cull.
" We Are working on the protocol for the export of The Animals , " Ms Muhamad was quoted as saying by local media.
" We Are not going to export a single animal if there is no authorization from the environmental Authority Of The Other country. "
She Said the ministry was creating a protocol for euthanasia as a Last Resort .
Colombian experts have long warned that The Hippos ' uncontrolled reproduction poses a threat to humans and native wildlife.
Hippos are The Second largest land animal after The Elephant and adult males can weigh up to three tonnes.
They are among The Most dangerous animals in The World : They kill an estimated 500 people a year.
Fishing communities along the Magdalena River have come Under Attack and some hippos invaded a school yard, although No One has been killed.
Estimates suggest that the population could reach 1,000 by 2035 if nothing is done, but animal activists say sterilization entails suffering for The Animals - and great danger for the vets doing it.
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