OVER the past few weeks I have watched in amazement the escalating media frenzy, sensational headlines and misinformation over the Ministry of Environment and Tourism's issuing of trophy-hunting ...

There have recently been a large number of newspaper articles and a certain amount of controversy surrounding elephant hunting in the communal areas of northwest Namibia. A lot of confusing and ...

A professional hunter and his client broke down in tears after needing seven shots to kill an elephant they had spent four days tracking. Sky News joined Jofie Lamprecht on a trophy hunt in the north ...

African elephants are in trouble. Their numbers have fallen from as many as ten million a hundred years ago to as few as 400,000 today. Recent losses are largely from poaching for the illegal ivory ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...