Elephant poaching levels are currently at their worst in a decade, and seizures of illegal ivory are at their highest level in years. From the air too the scattered bodies present a senseless ...

It is estimated that more than 1.3 million elephants roamed Africa in 1979 before a poaching fuelled by an insatiable appetite for ivory in the Far East and poor wildlife management policies ...

Cites says that the global collective effort to stop ivory poaching has made some progress A record amount of ivory was seized last year, even though elephant poaching in Africa declined for a ...

Mineral extraction also occurs nearby. Elephant populations in West Africa have declined throughout the 20th and 21st centuries as a result of ivory poaching, habitat loss, and human-wildlife conflict ...

Rangers reported that a pride of lions came prowling after nightfall, stalking among the brightly burning pyres at the ivory incineration site. Very unusual. Lions normally avoid fire—and this was a ...