By Chris Morris - International Policy Digest It was a mistake. Ten tons of ivory and 190 kilograms of rhino horn were sold over a seven-year period, according to the indictment. It was actually much more than that. Much, much more. Moazu Kromah, a Liberian...
By Adam Cruise The above aerial photograph is of a butchered elephant, shot by trophy hunters in Botswana. The adult elephant bull has been stripped of its body-parts. The trunk has been hacked off. There are large portions of the elephant’s skin cut off. All four...
By Calistus Bosaletswe - BBC Four years ago, Nthoboga Samokwase's father was travelling from the fields where he typically stayed during cropping season towards his home in the village 7km (4.3 miles) away when he had a confrontation with an elephant. "We suspect that...
By Sharon Pincott Elephants are never far from my mind. I can assure you first-hand that wild elephants are charismatic, mischievous, seductive, enchanting, filled with joy and ancient wisdom; the true essence of Nature, their souls forever intertwined with Africa....
By Margaret Osborne - Smithsonian Magazine Seventeen-year-old Anika Puri created a machine-learning-driven model that analyzes the movement patterns of humans and elephants. When Anika Puri visited India with her family four years ago, she was surprised to come across...
by Alice Laguardia and Gaspard Abitsi - The Revelator An important new survey — the first nationwide test of new technology — also reveals critical conservation priorities. In 2013 our colleagues Fiona Maisels and Samantha Strindberg, working with several other...
By Julian Newman - Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) In late June 2002, the container ship MOL Independence docked at Singapore port after a voyage of almost a month from Durban in South Africa. On board was a consignment which had been on a far longer journey....
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick Because of their size and visible effects on vegetation, Kruger Park’s elephants are a highly emotive subject, fuelling acrimonious debates, cries of ‘too many elephants’ and ‘Kruger has an elephant problem’ – followed by demands for...
By Tracy Keeling - The Canary Germany has become the latest European country to announce a potential ban on the import of hunting trophies. The move comes as those who support the practice have increased pressure on European politicians to continue with the...
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick While hunters celebrate and conservationists mourn the killing of two of Botswana’s largest-tusked elephants, a biodiversity tragedy is waiting in the wings. or millions of years, elephants have undertaken seasonal migrations, following...