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By Michael Chase and Scott Schlossberg, Elephants Without Borders A response to: Kathleen Alexander - Virginia Tech University, John (Tico) McNutt - Botswana Predator Conservation Trust, and Mark Vandewalle - CARACAL. Clearing up misconceptions...
Thirty five young elephants forcibly separated from their herds and crammed into small enclosures so they can be sold to China have been filmed by animal activists in Zimbabwe. The animals appear ‘wide eyed’, defensive, and...
Botswana is moving towards culling elephants by lifting its wildlife hunting ban after a group of the country’s ministers endorsed the idea, but the proposal has drawn heavy criticism. Botswana’ is planning to cull...
A prominent Chinese businesswoman dubbed the “Ivory Queen” was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Tanzanian court on Tuesday for smuggling the tusks of more than 350 elephants, weighing nearly 2 tonnes,...
Study reveals alarming surge in smuggling activity through city, but prosecution rate remains low Experts call for cases to be handled under law against organised crime for greater deterrence and investigative firepower Hong Kong...
Deforestation has left elephants’ habitats smaller and more fractured A mob of people in an Indian village have brutally attacked an elephant and her calf, hurling firebombs at the pair after they wandered onto farmland....
Teacher describes horrifying moment rampaging elephant flipped car and gored her leg with tusk. Sarah Brooks tried to escape when the elephant attacked her vehicle in South Africa but she suffered painful injuries when her...