Poachers have also used poisoned arrows to kill iconic individual elephants. In February, a poison-tipped arrow killed Torn Ear, a well-known Kenyan elephant. (See "Mourning the Loss of a Great ...

In 2011, the worst African elephant poaching year on record since 1998, poachers killed an estimated 40,000 elephants, or about 8 percent of the elephant population in Africa. In the absence of ...

"Initial investigations suspect that the deceased was killed by an elephant and left behind by ... there was a nearly 30% increase in the number of poachers arrested in the park compared with ...

At least 123 vultures have died in South Africa’s flagship national park after eating the carcass of an elephant that was poisoned by poachers with agricultural pesticides.

"Each player in an ecosystem fulfills its niche." Officials stunned after making grotesque discovery in national park: 'The ...

The cartridges matched ones that they’d found at another elephant killing ground, Bouba Ndjida National Park in Cameroon, where poachers killed as many as 650 elephants in 2012. Cartridges from ...

The Ministry of Environment has warned that zero tolerance will be applied to poachers, or the perpetrators of other ... he could confirm that the baby elephant was killed by a bullet fired by hunters ...

An expert on Asian elephants is sounding the alarm about "elephant sanctuaries" after a tourist was killed while visiting ... Elephants are often snatched by poachers who commit atrocities ranging ...

Police say poachers used a cable snare to trap an elephant in the Mushiyani block in the Mahlagweni area last week Thursday. Elephant in the Kruger National Park. Wikimedia Commons/Dario Crespi ...

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Elephant ordure, Wasser knew ... Elephants at Congo’s Garamba National Park. Earlier this year, poachers killed three of the park’s rangers. Kate Brooks A picture is now emerging.

An expert on Asian elephants is sounding the alarm about “elephant sanctuaries” after a tourist was killed while visiting ... Elephants are often snatched by poachers who commit atrocities ...