wildlife groups

Several wildlife protection groups are suing the federal agency that regulates fishing in U.S. waters, claiming the government isn't doing enough to protect endangered sea turtles from drowning in shrimp nets.

Wildlife groups will boycott Sri Lanka's first census of elephants because they fear the count is a "smoke screen" for capturing and domesticating the animals.

A TV presenter and conservationist has caused controversy after calling on wildlife groups to let giant pandas go extinct because of their inability to effectively evolve.