Events include wild elephant hunts, tug-of-war between elephants and men, demonstrations of log-pulling skills, and a parade of elephants outfitted for medieval warfare.

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Enclosed by a 95-mile fence, it is home to 66 mammal species, including lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant and wild dog.

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When Happy, Maxine and Patty saw the mirror, instead of trumpeting, as elephants often do when they meet another elephant in the wild, they tried to look behind the glass.

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Mr Aspinall's interview came after a zookeeper was killed earlier this week by an elephant at one the wild animal parks he owns.

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The trails are named the Elephant Walks in homage to the wild elephants that once lived here.

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Or, take a reforest trip and find endangered elephants at the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary or endangered guar (wild cattle) at the Seladang-Gaur Wildlife Conservation Center.

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C. (clearly the heart of the picture, with a wild beat), and so on, eastward, all the way to an elephant-infested India.

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The park, also home to tigers, wild elephants and numerous other animals, is a Unesco World Heritage Site and is popular with tourists for its elephant-back safaris.

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