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First elephant sighting in 6 years sparks hope for species’ return to a Senegal park

First elephant sighting in 6 years sparks hope for species’ return to a Senegal park

by Adam Cruise | Jun 22, 2025 | News

By Spoorthy Raman – MongaBay A camera trap has captured video of an elephant for the first time in six years in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park, reviving hopes that the species may still survive in the park after their near disappearance due to poaching and...
Sport hunting in Tanzania threatens the Maasai, but the EU has no plans to ban trophy imports

Sport hunting in Tanzania threatens the Maasai, but the EU has no plans to ban trophy imports

by Adam Cruise | Jun 22, 2025 | News

By Emanuele Bonini – EU News Brussels – Sports hunting in Tanzania is increasingly threatening the Maasai, the indigenous people torn from their land for hunting activities, whose products will continue to be sold in the EU. The European Commission has...
Harvard legal scholars join battle to free elephants from Johannesburg Zoo

Harvard legal scholars join battle to free elephants from Johannesburg Zoo

by Adam Cruise | Jun 22, 2025 | Commentary

By Adam Cruise – Daily Maverick At the heart of the case is the claim that keeping elephants in the zoo violates South Africa’s Constitution, particularly the environmental rights provision, as well as existing animal welfare legislation. A landmark legal bid to...
Crisis in Madikwe: Too many elephants or just an excuse to hunt them?

Crisis in Madikwe: Too many elephants or just an excuse to hunt them?

by Adam Cruise | Jun 13, 2025 | Commentary

By Adam Cruise – Daily Maverick: At a recent Parliamentary Committee hearing the tourism board claimed that there are too many elephants in Madikwe and that overpopulation threatens biodiversity and leads to habitat degradation. And yet, there is no published...
Nigeria risks losing all its forest elephants – what we found when we went looking for them

Nigeria risks losing all its forest elephants – what we found when we went looking for them

by Adam Cruise | Jun 4, 2025 | Studies

By Rosemary Iriowen Egonmwan and Bola Oboh – The Conversation Nigeria is one of 37 African countries where elephants are found in the wild. Savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) can be found in the north and forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in...
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