Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Four years ago, 350 elephants died near Botswana's Okavango Delta, but the cause of their deaths was a mystery. It turns out that ...

A pair of male elephants in the Okavango Delta, Botswana [File: Mike Hutchings/Reuters] Conservationists have raised the alarm about the Botswana government’s decision to increase its annual ...

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.

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Almost 90 elephant carcasses have been found during a survey in northern Botswana, revealing "unprecedented" levels of poaching in the country, the conservation group carrying out the study has said.

Botswana's President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany. It came after Germany suggested there should be limits on importing hunting trophies. Germans should "live ...

Botswana, long considered a safe haven for elephants in Africa, has "a significant elephant-poaching problem," a conservationist group that carried out an aerial wildlife survey in the country said.

The reintroduction of elephant trophy hunting in Botswana in 2019, following a five-year moratorium, is likely severely depleting the number of large, older bulls, according to a recent report. This ...

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 ...