GABORONE – Botswana’s president announced on Monday the government will by December start issuing trophy hunting licences after it controversially scrapped a five-year ban on the practice, and angered international conservationists. President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s government in May removed the moratorium, just a year after he succeeded Ian Khama, an avid environmentalist, who had introduced a […]
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An Entire Thai Village is in the Business of Mercilessly Training Elephants for Captivity
Elephants are the center of life in Ban Ta Klang, a town in eastern Thailand. They’re all over the village, in yards and attached to trees. Locals there are a main part of the domestic elephant industry in Thailand, an industry with a hidden history of elephant abuse. For many years this part of Thailand […]
Wealthy businessman condemned for killing two ‘baby’ elephants on hunting trip
A wealthy businessman has been condemned for posing alongside two ‘baby’ elephants he shot dead during a hunting trip. Mike Jines, a US energy executive, said he has received death threats after the photos of him standing over the dead elephants with professional hunter Max Delezenne were shared on Facebook last month. Jines, who is […]
Humans fall ill after Malawi relocates hundreds of elephants
Nkhotakhota, Malawi – The relocation of hundreds of elephants to Malawi’s largest wildlife reserve was meant to be a sign of hope and renewal in this southern African nation. Then nearby residents began falling ill. The cause of the headaches, weakness and pain were trypanosomes, tiny parasites spread by the bite of the tsetste fly […]
Petition: Protect Elephants in India From Being Struck by Trains
Elephants are large, beautiful, majestic creatures that almost every child will love from the minute they see a stuffed elephant, an illustration of one in a storybook, or maybe even one in person. But as we get older we realize that elephants suffer so much at the hands of humans. African elephants are threatened by […]
More than 50 elephants starve to death in Zimbabwe drought
At least 55 elephants have starved to death in the past two months in Zimbabwe’s biggest national park as a serious drought forces animals to stray into nearby communities in search of food and water, authorities say. “The problem is real, the situation is dire,” said National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesman Tinashe Farawo. […]
Petition: Ask the UN to Protect Asian Elephants From Being Poached for Jewelry!
The threat of poaching for ivory looms over all elephants, but mostly African elephants. Amongst Asian elephants, only males have tusks. Most illegal ivory comes from African elephants. This doesn’t mean that Asian elephants are safe from poaching, though. Their suffering in the tourism industry is quite well documented. They are often taken from the […]
Seven elephants found dead as Sri Lanka’s human-wildlife conflict escalates
ANURADHAPURA/COLOMBO — Wildlife authorities in Sri Lanka have launched an investigation after seven elephants were found dead late last month in the north-central district of Anuradhapura. Four of the elephants were found dead near the city of Habarana on Sept. 27, and three more on the following day. All except one were female, and all […]
