Topic: Elephants

Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants amid food shortages

By AFP   2024-09-14 18:22:18

Zimbabwe will cull 200 elephants as it faces an unprecedented drought that has led to food shortages, the country's wildlife authority said Friday.

Petitioners urge Samia Suluhu to halt trophy hunting of elephants

By Esther Dianah   2024-08-12 17:41:41

Tanzania’s decision to issue hunting permits for ‘super tuskers’ has been criticized with Kenya’s elephant population having grown from 16,000 in 1989 to over 36,280 in 2021.

Tanzania hunting permits a threat to elephants in Amboseli

By Sharon Wanga   2024-08-12 14:01:33

Elephants in the Amboseli Game Reserve face potential threats due to the hunting permits given yearly by the Tanzanian government.

Why Kenya, Tanzania must step up protection of their elephants

By Irungu Houghton and Dr Paula Kahumbu   2024-08-10 07:31:40

Elephants have individual personalities. Everyone of them intelligently think, communicate, solve problems, mourn, play and even laugh.

Lethal former poacher who killed 73 elephants now protecting wildlife

By Peter Muiruri   2024-07-24 11:31:36

A former poacher who killed 73 elephants now protecting wildlife

It's back to the wild for orphaned elephants in Samburu sanctuary

By Michael Saitoti   2024-06-27 09:26:00

In a remote corner of northern Kenya lies Reteti Elephant Sanctuary which has been home to 13 orphaned or abandoned elephants for the past seven years.