“Until now it has applied only to the ivory of elephants, so we’re delighted to see its scope expanded to include hippos and some cetaceans whose ivory is all too often found in illegal trade.” EIA ...

a comprehensive framework for the management and conservation of elephants in South Africa. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE) emphasized that the draft strategy ...

A tourist has died after being trampled by an elephant while visiting Kruger National Park in South Africa, officials say. The animal "charged and trampled" the victim on Saturday, according to a ...

A tourist was killed by an elephant on Saturday in South Africa's famous Kruger Park, the South African national parks agency SAN Parks announced overnight. "A tragic accident occurred when a ...

While some land animals (giraffes) might be taller, and some marine life (blue whales) might be heavier, one animal stands alone as the biggest land animal on earth, and that is the African elephant.

Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the US state’s highest court said the animals had no legal right to demand their release because they are not human.

The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) filed the suit against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in May 2024 alleging the park in Colorado Springs kept five elderly African elephants named Missy, Kimba ...

However, the court ruled that "no matter how cognitively, psychologically, or socially sophisticated [elephants] may be," habeas corpus only applies to people. Bulwagi, a 20-year-old African ...

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An animal rights group had sought to have the African elephants, Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo, freed from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and moved to an elephant sanctuary, citing a legal process ...

Court says elephants not human, cannot seek freedom Animal rights group says decision perpetuates an injustice Zoo called lawsuit frivolous, cites earlier rulings Jan 22 (Reuters) - Five elderly ...

While she said the five elderly African elephants were "majestic," the court ruled the claim could not be brought "because an elephant is not a person". The Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP ...