African elephant populations have decreased by at least 60% over 50 years. In the face of steep population decline, the United States has moved to restrict the import of live African elephants and ...

The president of Botswana, home to the world’s largest elephant population, has threatened to send 20,000 of the giant living land mammals to Germany to "roam free" amid a feud over trophy hunting.

The Biden administration strengthened protections for African elephants, but stopped short of issuing a total ban on imports of hunting trophies and live animals, to the disappointment of wildlife ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a filmmaker & biologist covering conservation & outdoor topics. Is hunting elephants the best way to save the species? That’s ...

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 ...

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi is threatening to send 20,000 elephants to Germany after the European country’s environment ministry called for limiting imports on hunted trophies, according to a ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today adopted new restrictions on U.S. imports of African elephant hunting trophies and live elephants but stopped short of a total ban on imports.

Theunis Both. 51, was a big-game hunter until he passed away. His cause of death was being crushed by an African elephant during a hunt. As he led a group of hunters in Hwange National Park in ...

In the face of steep population decline, the United States has moved to restrict the import of live African elephants and elephant hunting trophies. Strengthening the Endangered Species Act, the U.S.