by Adam Cruise | Sep 2, 2022 | News
By Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press HARARE, ZIMBABWE: A helicopter herds thousands of impalas into an enclosure. A crane hoists sedated upside-down elephants into trailers. Hordes of rangers drive other animals into metal cages and a convoy of trucks starts a journey...
by Adam Cruise | Sep 2, 2022 | News
By Thobo Motlhoka, The Independent British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should act to thwart Botswana and other southern African countries’ desire to have the ban on legal ivory sale lifted, a coalition of British conservation groups has said. The statement by...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 24, 2022 | News
By Angele Latham, Jackson Sun In an unusual case for Tennessee, a man has been charged in federal court with transporting and selling elephant tusks in West Tennessee, according to documents filed by the court last week. James Bennett, who was arrested in October...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 24, 2022 | News
By Bennett Oghifo, This Day There is growing concern that Nigeria, in recent years, has become a primary transit hub for several illicit wildlife and forest products. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) stated that Nigeria is notorious in particular...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 20, 2022 | News
By Boris Ngounou, Afrik21 The Gabonese authorities have just arrested an alleged wildlife trafficker. The latter was caught in the act of holding and selling about twenty kilograms of ivory. In Gabon, elephants are protected by the wildlife law in force. A young...
