NAIROBI — Tanzanian authorities are keen on issuing more hunting permits despite mounting international pressure for the country to ban elephant trophy hunting in the areas surrounding its border with ...

A local government in South Africa has said that its elephant population has become too large, but its plan to reduce numbers has drawn sharp criticism. Mongabay reports that the North West Parks and ...

The global backlash against Botswana’s decision to lift its elephant hunting ban on May 22 has been strong and swift. Tourists are already threatening to boycott the luxury safari destination — ...

(CNN) — Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies. ”Twenty thousand elephants for Germany, this is ...

Botswana, which has the world’s biggest elephant population, is to this week hold its first major auctions for the right to hunt the animals since lifting a ban last year. The government is offering ...