In South Africa they have a problem, a big one: too many elephants. For most of the 1900s extensive poaching threatened to wipe out the country’s elephants. In response, conservationists established ...

If you only read the headlines, you’d think southern Africa is groaning under a booming elephant problem with no silver bullet in sight. Tony Carnie’s detailed article from the recent “Elephant in the ...

Animal welfare groups in South Africa are pushing back against a local government plan to allow culling and trophy hunting to reduce elephant numbers in Madikwe Game Reserve. According to the North ...

Ian Whyte watched in awe one day as a hungry elephant stripped the bark off three marula trees in the Kruger National Park, hammering at nature with all its might. "Within a few minutes and in just ...

The elephant management norms and standards published this week are not a decision to cull, and should not be interpreted as such, conservation organisation the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said on ...

An elephant that has killed 15 people in eastern India over a months-long rampage could be shot within days if it is not brought under control, an official said Wednesday. Wildlife rangers and hunters ...

North West Parks seems hell-bent on hunting and culling elephants and seems prepared to thumb its nose at parliamentarians trying to find solutions. In a blistering parliamentary session last week (18 ...