Animal world
The killing of African elephants is out of control
Poachers have killed more than 11,000 elephants at Gabon, once considered an African elephant elephant paradise, to get ivory from 2004 to present.
African Elephant
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Articles about African Elephant
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Animal world
Death god stalks African elephants
The fate of African elephants is becoming the most fragile in the last 20 years due to the reckless and aggressive activities of poachers.
Animal world
Create baby elephants from frozen sperm
Biologists at the zoo in Schoenbrunn, Vienna (Austria) have succeeded in artificial insemination for female elephants from frozen sperm of a wild African elephant.
Animal world
Contraception for elephants
Unlike other localities in Africa - elephants are severely declining due to hunting and habitat, in KwaZulu-Natal province, east of South Africa, the population of this…
Animal world
Elephants are extinct?
African elephants are being hunted for ivory at an unprecedented rate since the international ban on ivory trade came into effect in 1989. However, the public's outcry h…
Animal world
African elephants are threatened
According to authorities in Kenya and Mali, within two years of 2005-2006, about 40 tons of illegal ivory smuggled were seized worldwide. The number of ivory is equivale…
Environment
15 years later African elephants may no longer exist
The cause of African elephants nearing the end of extinction, according to animal conservation experts, is that ivory trade is becoming more and more popular.
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Domestic cats 'play around' lions, 'chase' African elephants
Together George Logan and Tony Swinney created a photo of a domestic cat 'playing' with the big animals in Shamwari, South Africa.
Videos
Video: Lifeguards help elephants get hit by poison
The African elephant is fortunate to be rescued and saved by Kenyan rescue workers, shortly after winning the poison arrow.
Science Events
African elephants will decline by a fifth in the next 10 years
This is a meeting organized by the Botswana Government initiative in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).