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.

Baby elephants have baby tusks that often grow up to two inches before they lose them after about a year. Permanent tusks emerge when the elephants reach two years. Since elephant tusks ...

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

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

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 ...

Five persons were arrested on charges of smuggling elephant tusks in Salem district on Thursday (January 2, 2025) evening. Acting on a tip-off that a gang was smuggling elephant tusks, the Forest ...