Elephant Sands

Where elephants rule

Elephant Sands is 54 km north of Nata, Botswana. Set in the wilderness not far from the road, the elephants have come to call this place home.

Southern Africa's Elephants

Southern Africa's elephants: treasured killers

Katubya, Zambia - Here's how to pitch this (true) story to Hollywood: Ordinary guy named John, ordinary Sunday, cycling home into a setting sun. Monster roars out of the bushes!

Elephants Kill Tourist In India

Tourist trampled by Indian elephants

A retired schoolteacher from France has been trampled to death by wild elephants in southern India, forest officials say.

Ethiopia

Ethiopia opens dwindling elephant herd to tourists

Addis Ababa - Ethiopia began inviting tourists to visit its dwindling elephant herd on Monday as part of efforts to boost income from tourism.

Laos

Tourists seen as a lifeline for Laos elephants

Laos, once known as the Land of a Million Elephants, faces warnings from conservationists that it could lose its herds within 50 years if it does not move quickly to protect them with tourism eyed as a possible savior.

Sri Lanka Conflict

Elephants as casualties of war in Sri Lanka

(eTN) - Conservationists around the world are again breathing uneasy following word that Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war has caused the death of 193 elephants last year, up by 13 percent compared to the previous year.

In a plan gone wrong, park warden J A Weerasingam blames the action of villagers. "They are shooting my animals," said ... read more