ʻO nā kiʻi i paʻi ʻia ma Facebook ma ʻAukake 13 e hōʻike ana i kahi ʻelepani ʻeleʻele 70 ona makahiki ʻo Tikiri i hoʻāla i ka uē nui i hopena i ka holomua haʻahaʻa nona.
Ua hūnā ʻia ke kino o Tikiri ma lalo o kahi ʻaʻahu waihoʻoluʻu i ʻike ʻole ai ka poʻe e nānā ana i nā huakaʻi i kona wiwi weliweli. Ma hope o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana mai ka lehulehu, ua hoʻoneʻe kona haku iā ia mai ka Esala Perahera, kahi ʻahaʻaina parade 10 lā ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kandy ma Sri Lanka, a hoʻouna iā ia e hoʻoponopono hou ʻia.
I ka mahina o Mei, ua ʻike ʻia nā kiʻi paʻakikī ma ka pūnaewele e hōʻike ana i ka hāʻule ʻana o kahi pēpē elephant no ka luhi ma kahi hoʻokipa ma Thailand. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā kiʻi wikiō i lawe ʻia e kahi mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻike ana i kahi pēpē elepani e nakinaki ʻia ana i kona makuahine me ke kaulahao i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ke kaula ma kona ʻāʻī ʻoiai ua koi ʻia ʻo ia e halihali i nā mākaʻikaʻi. Ua uē kekahi mea nānā i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ʻelepani pēpē i ka honua. Wahi a ka nūpepa Daily Mirror, i ka lā i hana ʻia ai, ua piʻi ka mahana o ia wahi ma luna o 37 degere.
I ʻApelila, ʻike ka lehulehu i nā kiʻi e hōʻike ana i kahi pēpē ʻelepani ʻai ʻole i koi ʻia e hana hoʻopunipuni ma kahi zoo ma Phuket, Thailand. Ma ka zoo, ua koi ʻia kekahi ʻelepani ʻōpio e kīki i ka pōpeku, wili i nā hoops, kaulike ma nā catwalks, a hana i nā hana hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻē aʻe a palekana ʻole, e halihali pinepine ana i kahi mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma kona kua. Ma ka lā 13 o ʻApelila, ma hope koke iho o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana, ua haki nā wāwae hope o ka ʻelepani i ka hana ʻana i kahi hoʻopunipuni hou. Ua hōʻike ʻia ua haki kona mau wāwae no ʻekolu lā ma mua o ka lawe ʻia ʻana i ka haukapila. I ka wā o ka mālama ʻana, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia "he maʻi i loaʻa i ka maʻi maʻi hoʻomau, kahi i hoʻopiʻi ai i nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe, me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole i komo kona kino i nā meaʻai e like me ka mea e pono ai, e nāwaliwali loa ai" . Ua make ʻo ia i hoʻokahi pule ma hope mai, i ka lā 20 ʻApelila.
ʻO Drona, he ʻelepani 37 makahiki i koi ʻia e komo i nā parade hoʻomana, ua make i ka lā 26 ʻApelila ma kahi hoʻomoana ma Karnataka (India). Ua hopu ʻia kēia manawa ma ke wikiō. Hōʻike nā kiʻi kiʻi iā Drone me nā kaulahao i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a puni kona mau kuʻekuʻe wāwae ma lalo. ʻO nā limahana o ke kahua hoʻomoana, ka mea i ʻōlelo ua kāhea koke i ke kauka holoholona, ninini wai ma luna ona me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā bākeke liʻiliʻi. Akā, hāʻule ka holoholona 4-ton ma kona ʻaoʻao a make.
I ʻApelila, ua hiamoe ʻelua kahu ʻelepani i ka wā ʻahaʻaina ma Kerala, India, ma hope o ka inu ʻana i ka waiʻona a poina i ka hānai ʻana i kahi elepani pio. ʻO Rayasekharan, he ʻelepani i koi ʻia e komo i ka ʻahaʻaina, ua uhaʻi ʻo ia, e hoʻouka ana i kekahi kahu mālama, a laila i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka haukapila me nā ʻeha nui, a make ka lua. Ua kiʻi ʻia ka hanana weliweli ma ke wikiō. "Ke manaʻo nei mākou he hōʻike kēia mau hoʻouka ʻana i kona huhū i ka wī," wahi a kahi ʻōlelo no ka Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).
Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi wikiō i Twitter i ka hopena o Malaki i ka hana ʻino ʻia e nā kahu mālama ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Kerala, India. Hōʻike nā kiʻi kiʻi i kekahi mau kahu mālama e hoʻohana ana i nā lāʻau lōʻihi e hahau i ka ʻelepani, a lilo i ʻeleʻele a ʻeha a hāʻule i ka honua. Hoʻomau lākou i ka hahau ʻana i ka ʻelepani, ke kīkē ʻana iā ia i ka wā e paʻi ai kona poʻo i ka honua. Ma hope o ka moe ʻana o ka holoholona me ka ʻoniʻoni ʻole ma ka lepo.
ʻO kēia kekahi mau moʻolelo koʻikoʻi i nā mahina ʻeono i hala iho nei. Akā, hana kēia i kēlā me kēia lā me ka nui o nā elepani i koi ʻia e lilo i ʻāpana o kēia ʻoihana. ʻO ka mea nui e hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ʻaʻole e kākoʻo i kēia ʻoihana.