She walked in front of the elephant when it took one of its tusks and gored her to death, reported the Thai Examiner. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she later died from a head injury.

Even if it were a painless procedure, many elephants rely on their tusks to accomplish essential survival skills. Being left without the use of a tusk is not dissimilar to losing access to a hand.

Officials say the tourist was trampled while trying to protect children who left a vehicle and ran into the bush near a herd ...

The South African National Parks (SANParks) has confirmed that a tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant in the ...

Maputo — Mozambique's National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) on Sunday aborted an attempted sale of four elephant tusks in Mágoè district, in the central province of Tete.

Tragedy: Missing woman found inside 16-foot python after it reportedly swallowed her whole in Indonesia She walked in front of the elephant when it took one of its tusks and gored her to death, ...

Elephant tusks fetch a fortune in the black market as a surge in demand for ivory in the East continues to fuel the illicit trade in elephant tusks, especially from Africa. Police and Kenya ...

However, they say more effort is still needed to combat poaching for tusks and the trafficking of great apes. See All Key Ideas A survey has found populations of elephant, gorillas and chimpanzees ...

An attempt to sell a tusk of an elephant by a gang was successfully foiled by a team of officials from the Department of Forests here on Friday. Following specific input that the gang was heading ...

They also have thicker, more curved tusks, more triangulated ears, and differently shaped skulls ... THREATS: S avannah elephants are threatened by the rapidly spreading poaching crisis, ...