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Botswana accuses US of ‘encouraging’ elephant poaching 17 Mar 2018

Botswana accuses US of ‘encouraging’ elephant poaching

Botswana’s President Ian Khama on Friday accused the US government of encouraging elephant poaching following its recent decision to reverse a ban on imports of sport-hunted trophies. Khama was speaking at an African elephant conservation conference in Botswana. “I want to take this moment to condemn in the strongest possible terms, the decision taken by… […]

Pregnant elephant ‘poisoned’ in Indonesian palm plantation 27 Dec 2017

Pregnant elephant ‘poisoned’ in Indonesian palm plantation

A pregnant elephant has been found dead in a palm oil plantation on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, in what authorities suspect was a deliberate poisoning, an official said Wednesday. The animal’s body was found near the remote Seuneubok Bayu village in Aceh on December 22, after authorities received a tip off from locals, Aceh conservation centre […]