The situation facing southern Africa is dire ... Around 12 of the 83 Namibian elephants earmarked for the cull, however, will be killed by trophy hunters, Romeo Muyunda, spokesperson for Namibia ...

A new study shows that the number of African elephants, the largest animals to inhabit the Earth, has been declining ...

Parts of southern Africa are culling elephants and other wildlife to feed their hungry populations amid the worst drought in over a century affecting these nations. This decision follows the ...

LUSAKA, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Zambia-based international conservation body African Rivers on Tuesday voiced opposition to plans of culling elephants in Southern Africa after a severe drought recently ...

Neighbouring Namibia has already killed 160 in a cull of more than 700 elephants to cope with its worst drought in decades. Zimbabwe and Namibia are among a swathe of countries in southern Africa ...

A coalition of animal protection and conservation organizations, including World Animal News, Peace 4 Animals, Born Free USA, and Born Free Foundation, expresses deep concern over the recent ...

THE proposed culling of elephants in Zimbabwe was received with mixed reactions, locally and globally. The strong contender to the African Savanna’s king of the jungle title is a global ...

An elephant that was knocked dead by a speeding truck along the Karuma-Pakwach Highway in Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda. PHOTO/FILE/UWA African elephants are Earth's largest land ...

JOHANNESBURG – African elephants are earth’s largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. They also are in peril. Fresh evidence of this comes in a ...