Markets in the Central African Republic offer all the jungle's delicacies, including monkey, chimpanzee, antelope and, if you have the cash, even elephant. Hunters kill the elephants and cut off the ...

LONDON -- Zimbabwe has announced that dozens of its elephants will be killed to control the population size and the meat from the carcasses will be distributed to people. The Zimbabwe Parks and ...

BANGKOK (AP) – A new taste for eating elephant meat _ everything from trunks to sex organs _ has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species. Wildlife officials told ...

Half an hour before the show begins, the seats at the edge of the elephant enclosure are filled to capacity. Fanfare sounds ring out from the loudspeakers under the ceiling. Waitresses serve ...

A Sri Lankan court imposed one of the toughest penalties on a wildlife crime in September when the Colombo High Court sentenced a notorious elephant trafficker to 15 years in prison and slapped a fine ...