Markets in the Central African Republic offer all the jungle's delicacies, including monkey, chimpanzee, antelope and, if you have the cash, even elephant. Hunters kill the elephants and cut off the ...

Botswana should lift its four-year ban on big game hunting and also allow the canning of elephant meat for pet food, Cabinet ministers in the southern African nation have recommended. Botswana should ...

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 ...

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

Botswana has scrapped its ban on elephant hunting, citing an increase in conflicts between elephants and humans during the five years the rule was in place. The southern African nation, which is home ...

Elephants in the Amboseli Game Reserve face potential threats due to the hunting permits given yearly by the Tanzanian government. Marking World Elephant Day on Monday, August 8, Doctor Paula Kahumbu, ...

BANGKOK (AP) – A new taste for eating elephant meat _ everything from trunks to sex organs _ has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species. Wildlife officials told ...

It’s one of the world’s last sanctuaries for African elephants. But now, Botswana says, its population of the animals will be fair game for hunters. The southern African nation, which is home to ...

Botswana’s President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, proposed a most unusual export to Germany last week: Elephants — 20,000 of them. The heated offer came in response to comments made earlier by Germany’s ...

On May 6, more than 380 snake, lizard and crocodile skin purses were found during a baggage inspection of a 31-year-old male passenger arriving from Nigeria at LAX, according to a CBP news release.

Newspapers around the world have reported that elephant was to be served at a $1 million birthday party for Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, held on Saturday. "It just demonstrates that he ...