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The elephant was shot eight times over a long period of time and lured back into trophy hunting territory before it died.

The rare bird was found dead near Hollister in San Benito County.

"One morning we came out to work and Claude was sitting on a bench next to all these plants, just wrapped around a pole," nursery owner Humphrey Herington said.

Bison were once abundant across Europe but by the beginning of the 20th century had nearly been driven to extinction throughout the continent.

After decimating native species, invasive feral cats in Australia are now being poisoned using a spray gel to cull their effects on native wildlife.

A single swim bladder from a totoaba fish will sell for roughly $5,000 on the U.S. black market, rising to more than $10,000 in some Asian countries.

Demand for rhino horns is drastically reducing populations around the world.

Over 80 percent of koalas are estimated to be infected with a strain of chlamydia, which can lead to blindness, infertility and even death in the marsupials.

The hunter said that he had shot the bear thinking it was a black bear, as the day of the incident was the first day of black bear hunting season.

Nine pups were born over the past week in the zoo, which will help bring the critically endangered species back from the brink of extinction.

Four dead sawfish were found on a beach in Western Australia, one of the few places in the world where the endangered species still thrives.

"It was a battle back and forth for almost an hour and 30 minutes," one of the fishermen said, adding the duo finally got "to see the true size of the monster."

The habitats of these seahorses have declined by up to 90 percent in some areas, leading conservationists to release juveniles into seahorse "hotels".

The wolverine was the first one spotted in this area of Oregon in over three decades.

A fin whale with severe scoliosis was spotted swimming off the coast of Spain earlier this month, but it is not certain whether it survived.

The shark is thought to be a smalltooth sand tiger shark, a rare and vulnerable species usually only found in warmer waters.

"It's like he's playing peek-a-boo," said one Facebook user in response to the photos, taken in New Mexico's Gila National Forest.

Authorities are searching for the man-eating tiger, or tigers, as residents live in fear of further attacks.

The tiger was found to have been tied to a boulder with wire before it was thrown into the lake, leading investigators to suspect foul play.

The 40-foot endangered whale remains on a beach at a state park following a necropsy to determine its cause of death.

The whale is only 4 years old, and its species is endangered, with only 350 remaining in the world.

There are under 300 Mexican gray wolves left in the wild. The one-year-old female left her pack in Arizona and has been traveling north ever since.

Daniel Nuzum and AJ Rotondella released the critically endangered, 13-foot sawfish after hooking it off the coast of Florida.

A study by the Indian wildlife conservation charity Wildlife SOS found that 75 percent of the bears' diet consisted of human food waste.

"As well as harming the shark, this person is potentially stealing the opportunity for a life-changing wildlife encounter from future visitors and generations," an expert said.

The incident took place in the Madhya Pradesh region of India.

Poaching of vulnerable and endangered animals has increased in recent months because of a drought scorching Kenya and other nearby African countries.

The body of the 11-foot male American crocodile was taken from a lagoon in Belize to be buried.

The skipper and his five passengers were relieved there was a windscreen between them and the shark as it thrashed around on deck.

"Three wolves killed represents a major hit to Colorado's nascent wolf population," wolf conservationist Chris Smith told Newsweek.