by Adam Cruise | Jun 12, 2024 | Commentary
By Adam Cruise – AllAfrica Botswana has threatened to send 10,000 elephants to the UK and another 20,000 to Germany as UK and European countries move toward banning the import of hunting trophies. According to President Mokgweetsi Masisi, Botswana is heavily...
by Adam Cruise | Jun 11, 2024 | Commentary
By Ross Harvey – Business Day Southern African nations are at it again. Nyasha Chingono reported in late May that those “hosting the largest elephant populations in the world made a fresh pitch…to be allowed to sell their $1bn ivory stockpiles”,...
by Adam Cruise | Jun 11, 2024 | Studies
By Colorado State University Wild African elephants address each other with name-like calls, a rare ability among nonhuman animals, according to a new study. Researchers used machine learning to confirm that elephant calls contained a name-like component identifying...
by Adam Cruise | Jun 10, 2024 | News
By Gilbert Koech,The Star Five elephants have been killed within the Enduimet Wildlife Management Area of Tanzania by trophy hunters in the last eight months. This is according to the conservation organisation Big Life Foundation. The foundation said the killing...
by Adam Cruise | Jun 10, 2024 | News
By the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Rangers from across the Southern African region have now established a new community of practice for monitoring and reporting on elephant mortality. Accurate and consistent...
