(1) "Tusker was the resident Charara elephant ... he was a legend and a great favorite of tourists and locals alike, " he said.

(2) Each night the chief elephant, called the Maligawa Tusker, will carry a 8)replica of the tooth relic from here, although the tooth itself remains at the temple.

(3) Rangers said that Tusker had become a danger to people and was classified as a "problem animal."

(4) Tusker was executed Sunday by rangers at the Charara camp on the shores of Lake Kariba, 230 miles northwest of Harare, parks officials and independent Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said.

(5) But if people don't heed to our advice and harass the tusker, then it can retaliate.

(6) It was a shamefully long time since either she or Tusker had been to church.

(7) "Despite this senseless abuse, we have had no reports of Tusker hurting anyone, which is testament to his basic good nature, " Rodrigues said.

(8) Excellent are well-trained mules, thoroughbred Sindhu horses and noble tusker elephants. But better still is the man who has subdued himself.