by Adam Cruise | Jun 3, 2025 | News
By Obidike Okafor – Business Day In the forests of Borno State, a new and dangerous trade is quietly fueling Nigeria’s Boko problem: warthog ivory.While elephant tusks have long dominated the illicit wildlife trade, insurgent groups like Boko Haram and ISWAP...
by Adam Cruise | Jun 3, 2025 | News
By Pindula The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed the arrest of nine suspects in two separate sting operations in Cranborne, Harare, and Victoria Falls, leading to the recovery of over 40 pieces of raw ivory and pangolin scales. ZRP National Spokesperson...
by Adam Cruise | May 26, 2025 | Studies
By Lucy Bates, Victoria Louise Fishlock, Joshua Plotnik, Shermin de Silva and Graeme Shannon – The Royal Society Publishing Abstract Cultural knowledge is widely presumed to be important for elephants. In all three elephant species, individuals tend to...
by Adam Cruise | May 26, 2025 | Commentary
By Don Pinnock – Daily Maverick From bees to whales, it’s increasingly acknowledged that creatures have cultures within which they live their daily lives. This is particularly true for elephants, and the loss of matriarchs is leading to severe social disruption....
by Adam Cruise | May 24, 2025 | News
By Don Pinnock – Daily Maverick Elephants don’t respect land ownership and without restraints they roam. But with bad fencing and a growing herd, a showdown was inevitable. In a heated and emotionally charged session of the South African Parliament’s Portfolio...