Shocking pictures have emerged showing a baby elephant unable to move with its legs chained to a pole. Brit traveller Ross Martin said he first came across the isolated calf in a makeshift shack in Phuket two years ago. He claims the elephant, named Meena, was being forced to beg tourists for money and tied […]
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Herd Of 32 Elephants Could Be Killed After Conservationist Was Trampled
A herd of 32 elephants could potentially be culled after a conservationist was trampled in South Africa. South African architect-turned-conservationist, Beyers Coetzee was trampled and killed by a pair of elephant bulls on Mawana Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal province last week. Coetzee was attempting to escort the elephants back onto the reserve’s property. He fired two […]
Outrage over ‘unethical’ Botswana elephant hunt
The killing of five elephants, one wearing a research collar, by a wealthy hunting party in Botswana’s Ngamiland has outraged the local community in which the hunt took place. They insist that hunting is not the solution to human/animal conflict – one of the main reasons given by President Mokgweetsi Masisi for allowing it. They […]
Botswana to Start Issuing Trophy Hunting Licenses in December
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 […]
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 […]
