African officials seize nearly 3,800 pounds of ivory in 6-nation operation; scores arrested

Nearly 2 tons of ivory seized in eastern Africa

Energy companies offer reward in poaching of bighorn sheep in western Colorado

Energy companies offer reward in poaching incident

More than 100 of Kenya’s famous elephants dead this year due to drought, poaching

NAIROBI, Kenya — Poaching and drought-related hunger have killed more than 100 of Kenya’s famous elephants in the north of the country so far this year, conservationists say.

Feds play global cat-and-mouse game with smugglers of weapons and equipment bound for Iran

WASHINGTON — The arrest of a reputed arms dealer known as “The Field Marshal” is the latest success in a global cat-and-mouse game between federal agents and a network of shadowy business figures trying to smuggle weapons and equipment to Iran from the country most determined to stop them: the United States.

Report: Thailand fails to crack down on ivory bazaars, much of it from African elephants

BANGKOK — Thailand’s government has failed to crack down on one of the world’s largest markets of illegal ivory, allowing vendors to openly sell products that come from African elephants, a conservation group said in a report released Friday.

Poison-laced pineapples blamed in death of rare Sumatran elephant in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An endangered Sumatran elephant found dead with its tusks removed in northwestern Indonesia may have been killed by poachers using poisoned pineapples, conservationists said Monday.

Polish customs officers foil attempt to smuggle 121 threatened tortoises into country

WARSAW, Poland — Polish customs at the Ukrainian border Tuesday found 121 Central Asian tortoises, a threatened species, bound so tightly in black tape that their heads could barely squeeze out from their shells.

Divided over budget, California legislature finds common ground on farm animal welfare issues

FRESNO, Calif. — California voters’ landslide support last November of an initiative on the treatment of farm animals appears to have helped a state legislature bitterly divided over the budget find common ground.

Elephant exodus reported from troubled Zimbabwe, hungry leopard stalks upmarket suburb

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Growing pressure from poaching and human encroachment in Zimbabwe has driven hundreds of elephants to migrate from the country and at least one leopard to stalk an upmarket Harare suburb, conservationists said Monday.

Official: 2 men plead guilty after 1,500 pounds of elephant tusks in Kenya seized

NAIROBI, Kenya — Two men pleaded guilty in a Kenyan court Monday to illegally possessing 1,500 pounds (700 kilograms) of elephant tusks in what was believed to be the largest seizure of illegal ivory in recent years, a Kenyan official said.