Elephants

There are 6 subspecies of tiger; the Bengal tiger subspecies is found on the Indian subcontinent. © Supriya Dam

India’s iconic ‘Big Five’ mammals

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Elephant guide: species facts and best places to see in the wild

Wild elephants roam Kui Buri National Park - one of the best places to see them in the wild in Thailand. © Kosin Sukhum/Getty

A wild future? Ex-captive elephants in Thailand are being given a new start

An ivory elephant, dated to post 1947 © Avaaz

The legal sale of ivory is actually the trade of illegal and poached ivory as well

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UK government to ban ivory sales

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Dead elephant kills 94 endangered vultures

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Record seizure of ivory tusks

Tusker elephants have tusks weighing more than 45kg. There are thought to be only 21 tuskers left in east, central and southern Africa. © David Cayless/Getty

Famous elephant killed by poachers

Prince Harry spent nearly three weeks working with African Parks to translocate 261 elephants in Malawi. © Frank Weiter/African Parks

Prince Harry helps to relocate 500 elephants

The Great Elephant Census recorded that almost 150,000 savannah elephants were lost between 2007 and 2015. ©Dan Kitwood/Staff/Getty

Historic CITES meeting decides the future of African elephants

Older elephants are targeted by ivory hunters because they have the largest tusks. © Johanness Gerhardus Swanepoel/iStock

Sustainable harvesting of ivory not possible, according to a new study

MASHATU, BOTSWANA - JULY 26: at the Mashatu game reserve on July 26, 2010 in Mapungubwe, Botswana. Mashatu is a 46,000 hectare reserve located in Eastern Botswana where the Shashe river and Limpopo river meet. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Huge elephant translocation begins in Malawi

Without warning, and from 150 metres away, the elephant charged. © Ian Redmond

Elephant ordeal for famous UK conservationist

A Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) officer stands near a burning pile of 15 tonnes of elephant ivory seized in Kenya at Nairobi National Park on 3 March 2015. © Carl de Souza/Getty

Kenya to destroy largest ever stockpile of ivory

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Why African elephants are becoming hybrids