African bush elephants are the largest species and inhabit ... The main threat that elephants face is poaching. Up to 30,000 elephants are killed every year for their tusks. Elephants which ...

WWF African Elephant Programme Coordinator. “We found that the elephants are avoiding areas frequented by poaching gangs and are congregating near water sources.” During the survey, researchers heard ...

The largest land mammal on Earth, elephants embody the African landscape. Using seasonal cues and their ... flaws in trade regulations and lack of enforcement ability, while anti-poaching efforts are ...

The current elephant poaching crisis costs African countries around US$25 million annually in lost tourism revenue, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications. Comparing ...

Some of the country’s most iconic species, including rhinos, elephants ... at that stage in the African bush in our beloved Kruger.” Jooste was appointed chief ranger at Kruger Park in 2012, during ...

An elephant ... African National Parks. “Initial eyewitness accounts indicate that the family parked close to the Malelane reception area and children ran past the bridge into the bush whereupon ...

There are three distinct species of elephants: African savanna elephants (or African bush elephants), African ... survival is drastically threatened by poaching and habitat loss.

Poaching is the main cause for the elephant population to have declined by 1,11,000 over the past 10 years in Africa, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. According to ...

HARARE - Zimbabwe’s National Parks and Wildlife Authority Tuesday said more than 100 elephants ... the mastermind of the poaching syndicate—believed to be a South African businessman—remains ...