Today, the term “Big Five” refers to the beauty and power of some of Africa’s most iconic animals. However, it has a much ...

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.

Hunting “sort of got into my blood ... Everything narrowed to a nervous point. African elephants live to be 60 or 70, and the biggest tuskers usually are older than 45.

Johannesburg — Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 African elephants to "roam free" in Germany in a public dispute between the nations over hunting and ...

"Elephants may run at the threat in a demonstration or real charge. Most charges are mock charges which are broken off before the target is reached," South African National Parks said. "However ...