The Phajaan (Thai: ผ่าจ้าน), called "elephant crushing" or "training crush", is a method by which wild baby elephants can be tamed for domestication, using...
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cruel punishment. Nor was crushing the only method used by execution elephants; in the pre-Mughal sultanate of Delhi, elephants were trained to slice prisoners...
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The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is the only living Elephas species. It is the largest living land animal in Asia...
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Today 16 October 2002 Activists Denounce Thailand's Elephant "Crushing" Ritual King, Robert. The Elephant Whisperer Archived 21 August 2016 at the Wayback...
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1894–September 13, 1916), also known as "Murderous Mary", was a five-ton Asian elephant who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus. After killing circus...
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ear pinching, “alpha-rolling,” the shock collar, elephant goad, cattle prods, and elephant crushing. Although the Brelands tried to promote clicker training...
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movement. Asia portal War elephant Crushing by elephant Sassanid army History of elephants in Europe List of individual elephants Military animals Cavalry...
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A war elephant is an elephant that is trained and guided by humans for combat purposes. Historically, the war elephant's main use was to charge the enemy...
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Elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum) is a plant belonging to the onion genus and a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum, the broadleaf wild...
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Tourism in Sri Lanka (section Elephants in tourism)
the tourism industry is the 'phajaan', also known as elephant crushing or 'breaking the elephant's spirit'. A report by Born Free in 2007 into Pinnawala...
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Destruction of ivory (redirect from Crushing ivory)
actions around the world. More recently, crushing methods have also been used, as well as combinations of crushing and burning. When Kenyan officials decided...
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Elephant seals or sea elephants are very large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus Mirounga. Both species, the northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris)...
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death throughout South and Southeast Asia for over 4,000 years was crushing by elephants. The Sasanians, Romans, and Carthaginians also used this method...
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The ʿām al-fīl (Arabic: عام الفيل, Year of the Elephant) is the name in Islamic history for the year approximately equating to 570–571 CE. According to...
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Hile, Jennifer (16 October 2002). "Activists Denounce Thailand's Elephant "Crushing" Ritual". National Geographic Society. Archived from the original...
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Hile, Jennifer (6 October 2002). "Activists Denounce Thailand's Elephant "Crushing" Ritual". National Geographic Today. Archived from the original on...
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Yudhishthira's position. Bhagadatta with his elephant started crushing the army of Pandavas like a wild elephant. Krishna drove Arjuna to face Bhagadatta...
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freezer, his body ending up in a container destined for Djibouti. An elephant crushes another member of the gang, his remains being inadvertently sent to...
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The northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) is one of two species of elephant seal (the other is the southern elephant seal). It is a member of...
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Republican Party (United States) (redirect from Republican Party Elephant Logo)
featuring the first notable appearance of the Republican elephant The red, white and blue elephant as seen on the GOP web site in 2011 The GOP banner logo...
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Topsy (c. 1875 – January 4, 1903) was a female Asian elephant who was electrocuted at Coney Island, New York, in January 1903. Born in Southeast Asia around...
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animal and thrust his sword into its belly. The elephant crushed Eleazar, killing him, although the elephant eventually perished as well. This show of bravery...
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Ivory (redirect from Elephant and mammoth ivory)
Ivory is a hard, white material from the tusks (traditionally from elephants) and teeth of animals, that consists mainly of dentine, one of the physical...
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The southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) is one of two species of elephant seals. It is the largest member of the clade Pinnipedia and the order Carnivora...
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Tyke (1973 – August 20, 1994) was a female African bush elephant from Mozambique who performed with Circus International of Honolulu, Hawaii. On August...
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Shamu (Meitei culture) (redirect from Elephant in Meitei culture)
rendering support, you may see errors in display. In Meitei civilization, elephants, known as Shamu or Samu in Meitei language, play important roles, in different...
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Forest opens in time for school holidays". 28 March 2016. BBC News Elephant Crushes Keeper "[1]" "Back to the Wild". CBS News. Retrieved 3 March 2023....
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manifestation of a Gondwannan god. When the children's parents arrive, the She Elephant crushes the Mask, and the mhondoro revives Arm. The gang is destroyed and their...
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Taronga Zoo (section Australia's first elephant births)
critically injured his keeper by crushing her against a pole; the keeper survived. The zoo's two remaining elephants, females Pak Boon and Tang Mo will...
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Thomas Siebel (section Elephant incident)
turned on Siebel, breaking several ribs, goring him in the left leg, and crushing the right. After they radioed for help, it took three hours for him to...
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