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		<title>LINKS TO ANIMAL PROTECTING ORGANIZATIONS: under revision for the following reasons, please read!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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This page is under revision as there are thousands worldwide to mention. Lots are in fact more locally concentrated or are big as multinationals with many objectives which in my opinion cannot be operating effectively. 
 
I prefer smaller and more on specific goals concentrating than at thousands of objects. 
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		<title>City elephants enjoy a guided return to nature in Lampang</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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By MR Pridiyathorn Devakula
Published on May 12, 2008

I have concentrated on economic issues for many weeks. 


Today, I would prefer to write a non-economic story about nature that I encountered recently, an occasion that deserves praise. 
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		<title>&#8220;Hungry and Jobless, Elephants Wander the Streets &#8220;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By SETH MYDANS
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&#8220;Jobless and hungry, 18-year-old Dao has fled the parched northeastern province of Surin to become a beggar on the crowded streets of Bangkok. Her story of economic migration is a common one in Thailand today, but Dao belongs to a special subgroup of Bangkok&#8217;s homeless population &#8212; she is an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mistifarang.wordpress.com&blog=3788513&post=231&subd=mistifarang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elephant and mahout-aid: (to-days news at television)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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To-day I heard on television that a Thai Minister declared to have made a budget of 3.000.000.000 Baht (around 56.000.000 Euro) for elephants and their mahouts. The plot will be near Surin and will be 6.000 rai (about 960 hA) big. 
 
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		<title>The dangers of angered elephants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
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The tourists are melting when they meet in the nightlife of Bangkok a roaming mahout with his begging elephant. This cute and gentle looking animal stays a wild animal and can be dangerous when getting angry. Here an elephant mutilating a man: 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AW8OI-bWMg&#38;feature=related
 
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		<title>We often call the Elephant the gentle giant:</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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We often call the Elephant the gentle giant, but we should be ever mindful that Elephants are wild animals, and can exhibit behavior you should be aware of when around them:  “what I did not know about elephants”: 
 
 http://www.chiangmai-chiangrai.com/what-i-did-not-know-about-elephants.html
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		<title>Shirley after 22 years socializing again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mistifarang</dc:creator>
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Two very touching but happy videos concerning the previous circus-elephant Shirley will show what cruelty is going on to put elephants in the streets of Bangkok!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzEUayHqrRc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXKxgLvIS6Y&#38;NR=1

This year the celebration of Shirley&#8217;s 9th anniversary at The Elephant Sanctuary:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QXySXSM904E





Photos concerning the city-elephants in Bangkok:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/toni_uni/sets/72157603251277034/


For more information about our Asian herd matriarch, visit Shirley&#8217;s bio page at

http://www.elephants.com/shirley/shirleystart.htm
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		<title>Top 10 Deadliest Animals (LiveSCIENCE)</title>
		<link>http://mistifarang.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/top-10-deadliest-animals-livescience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mistifarang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nr. 7: Elephant
Not every elephant is as friendly as Dumbo. Elephants kill more than 500 people a year worldwide. African elephants generally weigh in around 16,000 pounds &#8211; all the better to stomp you with &#8211; not to mention their sharp tusks.

http://www.livescience.com/animals/top10_deadliestanimals-1.html

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		<title>Top 10: Deadly Animals (AskMen.com)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Number 9

Elephant

Here&#8217;s another animal that is perceived as peaceful and kind. What&#8217;s more, elephants aren&#8217;t predators. They are known to help other animals and be socially active within their group. But while they&#8217;re not in an epic war against humans, they can turn on us rapidly, especially as a result of their abuse and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mistifarang.wordpress.com&blog=3788513&post=171&subd=mistifarang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Certain persons annoyed about my photos in my album concerning the Bangkok street-elephants and Pata “zoo”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since my first publications in November concerning the roaming elephants and, later, about Pata “zoo” I had, besides lots of visits, no complaints and/or problems at all.
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