by Adam Cruise | Feb 9, 2023 | News
By Khanh Vu, Reuters HANOI: Vietnamese authorities have over the past week seized more than 600 kilograms of ivory smuggled from Africa, the government said on Monday. Trade in ivory is illegal in Vietnam but wildlife trafficking remains widespread. Other items...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 7, 2023 | Commentary
By Tony Carnie – Daily Maverick Over the past few months, their future has become desperate, with at least six (and possibly as many as 25) of the animals shot and killed by local residents due to human-wildlife conflict and deliberate poaching attacks inside a...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 1, 2023 | News
By Capital FM News A police officer who was arrested over the weekend with elephant tusks worth Sh2.1 million is due to be charged in court. The officer had been arrested in Meru Township while carrying the tusks that he intended to sell to a potential buyer. Police...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 1, 2023 | News
By South Coast Herald Ezemvelo shall explore all possible solutions to resolve the issue of the estimated 69 elephants roaming Ezemvelo’s Phongola Nature Reserve (PNR). The ongoing human-wildlife conflict in that area has contributed to the rise of elephant poaching...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 30, 2023 | News
By Caroline Chebet, Standard Media On March 18, 2016, detection dogs attached to the canine unit at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport helped to bust a pangolin-trafficking network after sniffing out a consignment that had been declared as feathers. The...
