Elephant
Indonesian Police Bust Ivory Trade Syndicate
Sumatran elephants have been pushed to the brink of extinction by hunters seeking their ivory.
Waka Protestors Set Sail With Message of Resistance For Oil Giants
Plus Sri Lankan animal activists block John Key's baby elephant gift, the Greens signal a boost to young candidates and more news for your Monday.
Everything You Should Know About Carfentanil, the Drug Even Deadlier Than Fentanyl
It's allegedly been used as a chemical weapon and is an elephant tranquilizer—now, it's being spiked into heroin.
A Hyperrealistic Sculptor Finds Freedom in a Fragmented Exhibition
Artist Daniel Firman finds curatorial freedom in the mission of one Turkish gallery.
Remembering Alan Clarke, the King of Bleak, Violent British Cinema
The auteur died 25 years ago, leaving behind films about borstal life, soccer hooliganism, and British skinheads, influencing the likes of Gus Van Sant and Harmony Korine in the process.
Robert Mugabe Wants to Eat a Lion for His Birthday
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe will celebrate his 91st birthday this month in style, blowing out the candles on a feast of two elephants, two buffalo, two sables, five impalas, and a lion worth $120,000 in total.
South African Environment Minister: 'We Appreciate Western Help Against Poaching — But We Need Asia's'
Amid an alarming surge in elephant and rhino killings, Edna Molewa tells VICE News why South Africa is considering drastic steps — and why marches in the West won't end the problem.
Should Art Be Used to Push Up London's Rents?
An expensive bronze elephant might make Elephant and Castle even more unaffordable.
VICE News Capsule
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks behind the headlines. This week, Al Jazeera journalists detained in Egypt face 15 years in prison, Kenyan police seize hundreds of elephant tusks, and the Thai military sweeps the country for weapons.
When They Ate the Zoo, Nobody Wanted to Touch the Hippo
Amid the bombardments, famine, and extreme state of emergency during the Siege of Paris in 1870, Parisians demanded haute cuisine. That Christmas, one of the city's greatest chefs, Alexandre Étienne Choron, cooked an elaborate banquet meal of...
The Race to Save Elephants Being Wiped Out by Organized Crime and Jihadists
The illegal poaching industry in South Africa has gotten so profitable that criminal gangs and even Islamist extremists are getting involved.