by Adam Cruise | Oct 22, 2024 | News
By Julia Evans – Daily Maverick Wandering the depths of the Garden Route National Park, the only known survivor of the historic and iconic Knysna forest elephant herd, Strangefoot, faces an uncertain future. Conservationists and locals wrestle with the question:...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 17, 2024 | Commentary
By Adam Cruise – AllAfrica The decisions made by the Namibian and Zimbabwean governments to slaughter hundreds of elephants amid a widespread drought will do very little to address the effects of human hunger or alleviate human-elephant conflict. So why are they...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 13, 2024 | Studies
By Nicola Davis, The Guardian While humans are split between right-handers and left-handers, elephants have a preference for which side of their trunk they use. Now scientists have discovered it is possible to determine an elephant’s “trunkedness” by looking at its...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 13, 2024 | News
By Richard Muponde, The Herald THE recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority of Zimbabwe (Zimparks) and Defend, a wildlife conservation organisation, marks a significant milestone in the protection and...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 8, 2024 | News
By Jim Tan – Mongabay A translocation of 26 elephants from Okonjati Game Reserve in Namibia to Cuatir Conservation Area in southeastern Angola has just been completed. Private conservation areas are not yet an official designation in Angola, making Cuatir a...
