By Don Hopey, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium last year spearheaded an unsuccessful effort to capture and export to the U.S. as many as 28 wild, juvenile African elephants from Zimbabwe. According to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
By Editorial / IPP Media Estimates of the money generated by wildlife smuggling vary, in part because of its illegal nature. Wildlife smuggling is estimated at $7.8bn to $10bn a year, according to the U.S. State Department. The U.S. State Department also lists...
By Noelle McElhatton, Antiques Trade Gazette A lawyer acting for dealers and collectors bidding to have the Ivory Act 2018 overturned warned antique ivory owners they need to “prepare to sell quickly” if judges reject the legal challenge. In front of three Lord...
By Richard Kamau, The Star The chickens have come home to roost for a city couple accused of drug trafficking and trading in wildlife trophies. This is after Justice Mumbi Ngugi ordered the accused Joseph Wanjohi and his wife Jane Wambui to forfeit property and cash...
By Brandon Keim - Anthropocene A refugee is by definition a human—but should elephants and other animals qualify, too? Consider what life is like for so many African elephants: family and friends killed, communities broken, ancestral homelands transformed by...
By Lisette Voytko, Forbes China’s top political body banned the trade and consumption of wild animals, CNN reported Monday morning, making the suspension enacted in January permanent as the coronavirus—thought to have originated in a Chinese wildlife...
By Isaac Yee and CNN’s Yong Xiong in Shanghai CNN China's top political body approved the decision on Monday to ban the consumption and the illegal trade of wild animals, which some experts believe to be the source of the virus. The National People’s...
By Arlana Shikongo, The Namibian The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has decided to undertake the upgrading of the 824-kilometre perimeter boundary fence of the Etosha National Park itself, which could save the government over N$500 million. This was revealed by...
By Hannah N. Geterminah, The Daily Observer The Gola National Park, which is home to several endangered species, is expected to be jointly managed by the governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone in a bid to vigorously fend off encroachment and protect its biodiversity....
By Sifelani Tsiko, The Herald About 100,000 children in and around the national parks of Gonarezhou in Zimbabwe and Limpopo in Mozambique are being educated through the Peace and Changemaker Generation project to appreciate wildlife conservation efforts and to take a...