The biggest elephant in Botswana has been killed by trophy hunters for its near 8-foot-long tusks. The elephant had been carrying 200 pounds of ivory in its tusks, and was the largest to be hunted in ...

The government is revoking a ban on elephant hunting. Some say that's good news for the tourist business and local farmers who say the animals... Lebalang Ramatokwane surveys a jagged hole in the ...

Botswana plans to open up elephant hunting rights next month to attempt to boost the industry after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the business. The southern African country is extending the rights ...

Botswana on Friday will hold its first major auction for trophy elephant hunting quotas since controversially scrapping a hunting ban last year, a wildlife official said. President Mokgweetsi Masisi's ...

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.

Botswana on Wednesday lifted its ban on elephant hunting, saying the population had increased and farmers' livelihoods were being impacted, in a move set to trigger outrage from conservationists. A ...

GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana has issued 400 elephant hunting licenses amid fresh opposition from conservationists. International hunters pay up to $50,000 to obtain a license in order to hunt an ...

With unfenced parks and wide-open spaces, Botswana has Africa's largest elephant population with more than 135,000. Botswana will hold its first major auction for trophy elephant hunting quotas since ...

Botswana is offering 287 elephant hunting licenses in April at the same time as a species of African elephant has been listed as critically endangered. Botswana's Department of Wildlife and National ...