Heroin-addicted elephant leaves rehab
A former drug-addicted elephant has been pronounced clean after a emerging from a three-year detox programme. The four-year-old bull elephant, called either ‘Big Brother’ or ‘Xiguang‘, was captured in 2005 in southwest China by traders who used bananas spiked with heroin to control him.After police arrested the traders and freed Xiguang a few months later, … Continue reading
Trunk-Cam Reveals Jungle Secrets
Cameras held by elephants’ trunks have been used to provide an intimate view of animals in the jungle. It is the basis of a three-part BBC One series: Spy in the Jungle, which is narrated by Sir David Attenborough. “Elephants are the ultimate four-by-four camera vehicle – and have allowed us to film these animals … Continue reading