By Daily Nigerian Vietnamese authorities have seized roughly seven tonnes of ivory in one of the biggest hauls on record as the country stepped up fight against wildlife trafficking. Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday that this was the largest wildlife trafficking...
By Patrick Greenfield - The Guardian House of Lords to rule on divisive legislation that would stop import of endangered animals’ body parts. MPs have voted to support a controversial ban on importing hunting trophies from thousands of species into the UK, preventing...
By CGTN Three suspected poachers have been detained by Tanzanian police after they were found in possession of six elephant tusks in the country's northern region of Manyara, police said on Saturday. George Katabazi, the Manyara regional police commander, said the...
By Marie Woolf, The Globe and Mail The federal government has been accused of dragging its feet over its promise to ban the import of elephant ivory and rhino horn, including from trophy hunts in Africa. Animal-welfare organizations and MPs say they are disappointed...
By Yusuf Babalola - Leadership Nigeria has remained a transit point for smuggling and illegal poaching of endangered species and wildlife in Africa. YUSUF BABALOLA writes on how Nigeria Customs and international agencies are stopping illegal wildlife trade in Nigeria....
By Chris Makhaye - Daily Maverick For decades the area surrounding the serene and picturesque Jozini Dam and Pongola Nature Reserve has been a tourist mecca, drawing well-heeled local and international visitors keen on seeing nature at its best, including cruises to...
By Reuters HANOI: A court in Vietnam on Tuesday sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for trafficking nearly 10 tonnes of endangered animal parts from Africa, including ivory and rhino horns, police said. The court in the central coastal city of Danang found...
By Xinhua Tanzania’s newly appointed Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Omary Mchengerwa, has pledged to reinforce the anti-poaching drive in the east African nation. Mchengerwa made the pledge on Thursday when he presented 22 vehicles for anti-poaching...
By Leopold Munhende, New Zimbabwe AKASHINGA, International Anti-Poaching Foundation’s (IAPF) exclusively female anti-poaching unit operating in the Zambezi Valley has received a US$700,000 grant from Australian businesswoman Judith Neilson who was born and raised in...
By Lydia Lam, Channel News Asia SINGAPORE: The director of a trading firm was sentenced to 10 months' jail on Wednesday (Feb 15) for importing 1,787 pieces of elephant tusks from Africa into Singapore, en route to Vietnam. The tusks of the endangered species weighed...