NAIROBI — Tanzanian authorities are keen on issuing more hunting permits despite mounting international pressure for the country to ban elephant trophy hunting in the areas surrounding its border with ...

95-year-old Antonio "Tony" Sánchez-Ariño doesn't regret killing more than 1,000 elephants throughout his lifetime. The big game hunter killed 1,317 elephants, 340 lions, 167 leopards, 127 black rhinos ...

A pair of male elephants in the Okavango Delta, Botswana [File: Mike Hutchings/Reuters] Conservationists have raised the alarm about the Botswana government’s decision to increase its annual ...

A change of minister has brought a sudden return to trophy export quotas for endangered black rhinos, elephants and leopards, ...

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The president of Botswana, home to the world’s largest elephant population, has threatened to send 20,000 of the giant living land mammals to Germany to "roam free" amid a feud over trophy hunting.

The Biden administration is considering making American hunters clear new hurdles to legally import African elephant hunting trophies. Supporters claim the new rules will better protect elephants by ...

The government is revoking a ban on elephant hunting. Some say that's good news for the tourist business and local farmers who say the animals... Lebalang Ramatokwane surveys a jagged hole in the ...

Dr Festus Ihwagi, Senior scientist and Research policy lead at Save The Elephants and Dr Paula Kahumbu CEO of Wildlife Direct during a press conference in Nairobi on August 12, 2024. [Edward Kiplimo, ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. WildlifeDirect Chief Executive Paula Kahumbu. [File, Standard] Elephants in the Amboseli ...