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 ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Conservationists petitioned Tanzania on Monday to end elephant trophy hunting in a vast wildlife reserve area that spans its common border with Kenya. About 2,000 elephants, ...

AMBOSELI, Kenya (Reuters) - In the rolling grasslands of the Amboseli wildlife park, conservationists fret about an emerging threat to Kenyan elephants that are crucial to its tourism business: ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. WildlifeDirect Chief Executive Paula Kahumbu. [File, Standard] Elephants in the Amboseli ...

Collapsing elephant populations see EU halt imports of trophies from Tanzania and Mozambique The recent decision by the EU to suspend imports of African elephant hunting trophies from Tanzania and ...

• Until 2023, there had been a 30-year period of no elephant hunting incidences reported. • The recent hunting wave was triggered by a new quota that was issued in 2022 to Kilombero North Safaris.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released a rule that will make it harder to import elephant hunting trophies from African countries that can't prove they're adequately protecting the ...

Only 10 Super Tusker elephants in the Tanzania-Kenya herd remain and campaigners fear Tanzania is about to issue new hunting licenses.

The Biden administration is considering making American hunters clear new hurdles to legally import African elephant hunting trophies. Supporters claim the new rules will better protect elephants by ...

On 22nd September 2015 the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism of the United Republic of Tanzania in collaboration with WWF Tanzania commemorated the National Elephant Day. On 22nd September ...

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Oaitse Nawa, founder of the Botswana-based Elephant Protection Society (EPS), said the number of elephants being hunted is “too high” and called on the government to revisit ...

Elephants in the Amboseli Game Reserve face potential threats due to the hunting permits given yearly by the Tanzanian government. Marking World Elephant Day on Monday, August 8, Doctor Paula Kahumbu, ...