A fed-up mamma elephant charged a group of careless tourists who drifted too close to its babies in Botswana’s wetlands and trampled a blundering woman, nearly drowning her, wild footage shows. A ...

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's President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany. It came after Germany suggested there should be limits on importing hunting trophies. Germans should "live ...

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 incident also resulted in significant damage to the crew's personal electronics, with cameras and phones being wrecked, ...

The global backlash against Botswana's decision to lift its elephant hunting ban on May 22 has been strong and swift. Tourists are already threatening to boycott the luxury safari destination -- ...

Botswana has scrapped its ban on elephant hunting, citing an increase in conflicts between elephants and humans during the five years the rule was in place. The southern African nation, which is home ...

It came after Germany suggested there should be limits on importing hunting trophies. Germans should "live together with the animals, in the way you are trying to tell us to," Masisi said. Botswana's ...