The killing of an alpha elephant bull at Omatjete last week has been highly criticised by Namibian conservation and tourism groups.

The Assam government Thursday stopped transportation of four elephants to Gujarat for the Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad due to prevailing heat wave in North-West India.

The government will amend the rules to ensure that captive elephants in the State are looked after well, Minister for Forests K. Raju has said.

African elephant poaching rates have dropped by 60 per cent in six years, an international study has found.

Namibia translocated six elephants to a tourism game park in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia's Port Authorities (Namport) said Tuesday.

Botswana has lifted its ban on elephant hunting, saying the population has increased and farmers’ livelihoods are being affected, in a move set to trigger outrage from conservationists.

Ongwediva — Johannes Bokoma Nashikaku, who was earlier this month convicted of dealing with protected wildlife products, was on Tuesday slapped with a N$30 000 fine or alternatively three years imp