But for how long will the elephant be restrained?

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At least as long as there no local support for elephant preservation.

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Perhaps, as I wrote not long ago, mobile marketing is indeed The Elephant In The Room For Marketers.

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Cardinal Bergoglio, however, wanted to talk about the elephant in the room: the long-term future of the church and its recent history of failure.

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Prof Lee added that human-induced pressures, such as hunting, along with projected climate change and habitat loss, have the potential to change the dynamics of elephant populations and, jeopardise the long-term future of the species.

BBC: Early life care shapes African elephants' future

Spending my own funds, together with Hong and now Lek, Darrick and The Elephant Nature Park, we have come a long way.

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The temple elephant, Lakshmi, carefully lumbers down the long stairs to the river and blesses the pilgrims with a spray of water before receiving her morning bath.

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These are some of the code-names from long ago of the defended hill outposts and paratroop drop-zones set in the waving elephant grass of the Indochinese highlands at Dien Bien Phu.

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Not only do you avoid long drives before your safari starts, but that bump you hear in the night may well be an elephant looking in your window.

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