By Raoul Sumo Tayo, Enact Poaching threatens the survival of savanna elephants in Central Africa. Over the last two decades, the Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants programme has recorded 3 004 illegal elephant kills in this region. In April 2023, several...
By Cyrus Ombati, The Star Two suspects who were ferrying 15 pieces of elephant tusks escaped and abandoned the cargo as security agents approached their hideout in Lungalunga, Kwale County. Police and Kenya Wildlife Service officials said the two are believed to have...
By Patrick Greenfield - The Guardian As people have shaped the natural world, so wildlife – from mahoganies to magpies – has had to evolve to survive. From the highest mountains to the depths of the ocean, humanity’s influence has touched every part of planet Earth....
By New Zimbabwe TWO suspected poachers were killed in a shootout with Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers in Makuti’s Musingwizi area on December 21, 2024, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed. In a statement Monday, ZRP...
By Mqondisi Dube, VOA Botswana has issued 400 elephant hunting licenses amid fresh opposition from conservationists. International hunters pay up to $50,000 to obtain a license in order to hunt an elephant. In a recent notice from the Wildlife and National Parks...
By Nour Mostafa - The Borgen Project Namibia is home to diverse wildlife, including iconic species like black rhinos and desert elephants. However, poaching and habitat destruction pose ongoing threats to these animals. In response, Namibia’s female rangers are at the...
By Sheree Bega - Mail&Guardian Plans are under way to euthanase starving elephants in the Madikwe Game Reserve in North West on the border with Botswana. Pieter Nel, an ecologist at the North West Parks and Tourism Board, said its database showed that 80...
By Phoebe Weston - The Guardian Satellite data analysis suggests climate-induced algal blooms could be behind hundreds of deaths in Botswana that sparked flurry of theories in 2020 More than 350 elephants that died in mysterious circumstances probably drank toxic...
By Utah Public Radio | By Sheri Quinn, Ryan Helcoski Elephants in South Africa repeatedly visit the carcasses of other elephants, and move the bones around. A team of researchers at Kruger National Park are working to illumine this mysterious behavior and...
By Nancy Odindo, Tuko Police officers from Mtwapa Police Station, along with Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers, have arrested two Tanzanian nationals allegedly involved in the illegal ivory trade. Paul Kuya and Paul Telek were nabbed from their hideout in Majengo,...