Limit on international sales of wild elephants delights conservationists

Baby elephants play at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi

Baby elephants play at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi Source: AAP

Countries that are part of an international agreement on trade in endangered species have agreed to limit the sale of wild elephants caught in Zimbabwe and Botswana.


The move delights conservationists but dismays some of the African countries involved.


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