elephants
Last of the ‘Super Tuskers’: Saving Kenya’s majestic megafauna
Environment
November 28, 2022
Last of the ‘Super Tuskers’: Saving Kenya’s majestic megafauna
CNN — Imagine being a child and having a front-row seat, every day, to one of nature’s most remarkable live-action…
Elephants in Thailand ‘broken’ for lucrative animal tourism
World
December 23, 2019
Elephants in Thailand ‘broken’ for lucrative animal tourism
Separated from their mothers, jabbed with metal hooks, and sometimes deprived of food — many Thai elephants are tamed by…
CITES agrees on near-total ban on sending wild elephants to zoos
Environment
August 28, 2019
CITES agrees on near-total ban on sending wild elephants to zoos
The regulator of global wildlife trade will impose a near-total ban on sending African elephants captured from the wild to…
China seizes nearly 2,750 elephant tusks in huge bust
World
April 16, 2019
China seizes nearly 2,750 elephant tusks in huge bust
Chinese authorities have seized 7.5 tonnes of ivory — 2,748 elephant tusks — in one of the biggest busts in…
At Kenyan orphanage, baby elephants find a new life, and love
Environment
March 20, 2019
At Kenyan orphanage, baby elephants find a new life, and love
Luggard, a lively three-year-old, limps behind the rest of his ragtag troupe of orphan elephants, halting to graze or rub…
Mammoth tusks in Siberia in demand by Chinese
Archaeology
January 4, 2019
Mammoth tusks in Siberia in demand by Chinese
Crouching near a wooden shed in his snowy backyard, Prokopy Nogovitsyn lifts up a grey tarpaulin and takes out a…
Cambodia seizes record 3-tonne haul of African ivory
Environment
December 16, 2018
Cambodia seizes record 3-tonne haul of African ivory
Cambodia seized more than 3.2 tonnes of elephant tusks hidden in a storage container sent from Mozambique, a customs…
Fad for ‘lucky’ tail hair threatens Vietnam elephants
Environment
September 26, 2018
Fad for ‘lucky’ tail hair threatens Vietnam elephants
In a village in Vietnam’s “elephant kingdom”, a vendor holds up a severed, dried tail dotted with coarse…
Delhi’s last elephants await marching orders
Environment
September 22, 2018
Delhi’s last elephants await marching orders
The mighty Heera marched through a crowded slum chewing bamboo, oblivious that freedom from life as one of Delhi’s…
African tourism alarmed by rhino, elephant losses
Environment
September 16, 2018
African tourism alarmed by rhino, elephant losses
Animal conservation in Africa has suffered several setbacks in recent months prompting experts at an African tourism conference this…