Latest articles on Elephants

Elephants in the room

Article Maxwell Gomera & Neville Ash - 30 Aug 2019

Science should lead the way in society’s efforts to protect habitats, wildlife and people’s livelihoods

Ban on sending wild elephants to zoos a step closer

Article Agency - 20 Aug 2019

A large majority of countries voted in Geneva to prohibit the transfer of elephants caught in the wild to so-called captive facilities

Elephants reduced to a political football as Botswana brings back hunting

Article Ross Harvey - 28 May 2019

Lifting the trophy hunting moratorium in Botswana is more about politics and less about elephant conservation

New survey raises concerns about elephant poaching in Botswana

Article Ross Harvey - 27 Feb 2019

There is a significant elephant-poaching problem in northern Botswana that has likely been going on for over a year

NSPCA to take action against Joburg zoo over elephant

Article bogdan TagDiv - 17 Jan 2019

The NSPCA is calling for the zoo’s sole elephant to be released and is prepared to take legal action to see it done

Botswana fights claims of elephant poaching spree

Article Susan Njanji - 20 Sep 2018

Elephants Without Borders claimed two weeks ago that it had discovered at least 87 elephant carcasses during a routine aerial survey

Botswana elephant massacre ‘largest to date’

Article Deutsche Welle 1 - 8 Sep 2018

Nearly 90 elephants have been killed for ivory in Botswana, according to a wildlife charity. But the government has cast doubt on the figure

The tusk at hand: SA begins great elephant trek

Article Gemma Ritchie - 24 Jul 2018

Two hundred elephants will be transferred from a Limpopo nature reserve to Mozambique in an effort to restore elephant populations there

Ancient DNA changes everything we know about the evolution of elephants

Article Julien Benoit - 10 Apr 2018

DNA studies reveal that African elephants belong to a very successful and widespread family

How African elephants’ amazing sense of smell could save lives

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Oct 2017

Scientists have found that herds of elephant were able to walk on ground infested by land-mines without injury because of their keen sense of smell.

Spekboom can fix ecosystems, create jobs and suck up CO2 – if SA gets a carbon tax

Article Sipho Kings - 23 May 2017

Certain companies and some government departments oppose a carbon tax, killing off a great environmental project.

Tourism in Africa loses R343-million per year through elephant poaching

Article Sipho Kings - 7 Nov 2016

High cost to conserve elephants from poachers is compensated by tourism income.

Politics of saving species: South Africa gets its way at Cites

Article Sipho Kings - 5 Oct 2016

The environmental and hunting pack fought hard for tuskers and lions but it was late nights and intense lobbying that secured the decisions.

Beyond culling: Elephants Alive tracking project informs conservation planning

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Jul 2016

Elephants Alive — Runner-up: Species Conservation Award and Biodiversity Stewardship Award

Undercover at the wedding of the century – Part 2

Article Shaun De Waal - 28 Apr 2016

How it went avo-shaped: Shaun de Vaal continues to detail his exploits as a spy in the recent big bash in Turkey.

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