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Botswana’s huge elephant gamble could destroy its ‘conservation reputation’, say scientists

If Botswana carries out its proposal to permit the world’s largest elephant hunt quota, it will provoke a fierce reckoning ...
Al Jazeera on MSN

Why are conservationists alarmed about Botswana’s biggest elephant hunt?

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Oaitse Nawa, founder of the Botswana-based Elephant Protection Society (EPS), said the number of elephants being hunted is “too high” and called on the government to revisit ...
The Durango Herald

Tuesday is World Elephant Day. 5 things to know about the world's largest land mammals

BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or ...
insider.si.edu

The Biggest Elephant Ever Killed By Man: In the dense, wild bush of Angola, in Africa, a hunter tracks and kills the largest animal ever shot on earth

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Sports Illustrated article written by Josef J. Fénykövi about tracking his famous elephant that now stands in the Rotunda of the National Museum ...