July 23 2026

July 23, 2026

The Elephant News Service is provided by Save the Elephants for elephant lovers, scientists and conservationists who want to stay informed on the latest elephant news from reputable media sources worldwide. The stories are presented in no particular order.

Debbie Graham, Discover Wildlife (U.K), July 20, 2026

The first significant factor is the two species (and in elephant terms, we’re talking Asian elephants, because African elephants were of course restricted to Africa) almost certainly never met, even though they overlapped in time, with mammoths only going extinct some 4,000 years ago.

The Times of India (India), July 21, 2026

For many years, farmers in rural areas that share land with elephants have faced repeated problems each harvest season. Huge elephants eat large amounts of crops at night. Traditional deterrents such as banging metal objects and using lights become less effective over time because elephants grow accustomed to them.

Space Daily (Australia), July 21, 2026

In the floodplains of Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, roughly a third of the female elephants born after the country’s civil war have no tusks at all. Before the war, around 18.5 percent of females were naturally tuskless. Among the adult females that survived the conflict, the figure rose to about 51 percent.

Pindula (Zimbabwe), July 21, 2026

The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has reopened the Victoria Falls Rainforest to visitors after a temporary closure earlier on Tuesday, 21 July, prompted by the presence of elephants in the area. In a public notice, ZimParks had been closed for about two and a half hours as a precautionary measure to protect visitors, staff and wildlife.

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