Elephant tusks are both a valuable tool and a potential liability for these gentle giants. The desire for ivory has made elephants popular targets for illegal poaching, and it can have a ...

Nigeria’s minister of state for the environment unveiled an elephant-shaped sculpture made ... 2.5-tonne haul of seized tusks destroyed by the authorities in January, as well as pulverised ...

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.