A wildlife crime charity has smashed a “mafia-type” smuggling ring taking more than £95,000-worth of ivory out of Africa. A six-day operation by Conservation Justice, part of the EAGLE Network, and local agency partners in Gabon was described as a “significant turning point in the relentless fight against the illegal ivory trade”. Operatives for the […]
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Brutal killing of African elephant highlights need to end trophy hunting
We have just learned about a heartless and illegal hunt that took the life of a male elephant in South Africa’s Limpopo province earlier this month. Here’s what we know at this point: The hunting party consisted of a trophy hunting client, a hunting guide, a reserve representative and a backup rifleman, according to a […]
Terrified mother elephant and calf pelted with fireballs in heartbreaking images
Furious villagers launched fireballs at a terrified elephant mother and her calf in an attempt to scare them away from a settlement. The majestic creatures were cruelly attacked by locals in eastern India, prompting an outcry from animal rights activists around the world. Disturbing images, taken in Bishnupur, show the panicked animals fleeing as residents […]
Moment Trophy Hunter Shoots Elephant Dead – Before Herd Take Revenge – Graphic Video
Chilling footage shows the moment a herd of wild elephants charged at hunters in South Africa after they shot one of its family members. The graphic video shows two hunters shooting a large elephant with rifles. Multiple shouts are fired before the animal eventually collapses. One of the men can be heard shouting “hit it […]
A forest gave Cambodia’s captive elephants a new life. Now they’re paying it back
PU TROM, Cambodia — The quiet life that Sambo leads today seems as distant from her past plight as the searing-hot streets she once trod as a tourist attraction in the far-off capital of Phnom Penh. “Elephants are not meant to walk on concrete,” says Jemma Bullock, deputy director at the Elephant Livelihood Initiative Environment […]
Horror moment ranger tries to tranquillise injured elephant but is trampled to death
This is the terrifying moment an injured elephant crushes a forest ranger to death as he tries to shoot the giant creature with a tranquilliser gun. The male tusker turned on the worker as he tried to anaesthetise it so it could receive more treatment for an old injury in a forest in Karnataka State, […]
Elephant swings crocodile biting its tail
A crocodile fights an elephant only to realize it may have bitten off more than it can chew. It then gets swung around by the elephant until it lets go. Fifty-three-year-old safari guide Emmanuel Sauti was able to capture this incredible sighting in South Africa on camera. The sightings and story were shared with LatestSightings.com. […]
Congo Basin’s elephants boost carbon capture, but need salt-licks to survive
The approach to the “village of elephants” in the Sangha Rainforest in the Central African Republic must be made in complete silence. Not even the faintest rustle of backpack on rain jacket should break the soundscape as visitors wade through the sometimes waist-deep swamp at the forest’s edge. The Indigenous Ba’aka guides must be able […]