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.

The Biden administration strengthened protections for African elephants, but stopped short of issuing a total ban on imports of hunting trophies and live animals, to the disappointment of wildlife ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today adopted new restrictions on U.S. imports of African elephant hunting trophies and live elephants but stopped short of a total ban on imports.

African elephant populations have decreased by at least 60% over 50 years. In the face of steep population decline, the United States has moved to restrict the import of live African elephants and ...

It’s one of the world’s last sanctuaries for African elephants. But now, Botswana says, its population of the animals will be fair game for hunters. The southern African nation, which is home to ...

Botswana’s President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, proposed a most unusual export to Germany last week: Elephants — 20,000 of them. The heated offer came in response to comments made earlier by Germany’s ...

A local government in South Africa has said that its elephant population has become too large, but its plan to reduce numbers has drawn sharp criticism. Mongabay reports that the North West Parks and ...

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 ...

The Trump administration is planning to begin issuing permits for elephant trophy hunting, despite the Obama administration’s decision to ban elephant ivory and tusks from being imported into the U.S.