By Owen Bowcott - The Guardian Antique dealers fail in high court bid to overturn world-leading blanket ban on trading Antique dealers have failed in an attempt to overturn a total ban on ivory trading being introduced by the government after the high court ruled the...
By Victoria Ward & Peta Thornycroft, The Telegraph The Duke of Sussex’s African Parks has taken over the management of one of Zimbabwe’s most neglected national parks that has fallen victim to rampant poaching. It aims to reform the 1,000 square mile Matusadonha...
By The Daily Nation A man who was found with elephant tusks worth Sh800,000 has pleaded guilty to the offence. Appearing before Isiolo Principal Magistrate Evanson Ngigi, George Onyango pleaded guilty to being in possession of two elephant tusks weighing 8.11...
By Jane Dalton @JournoJane - The Independent 'British trophy hunters are among the worst in the world ... they may shoot and bring home species including cheetahs, leopards, rhinos and hippos,' say campaigners. The government is asking for people’s views on whether to...
By MARA REINSTEIN - Parade The last time Rob Lowe and Kristin Davis worked together, they were trying to prevent impending disaster in a 1999 TV miniseries called Atomic Train. “I was very intimidated because he was a childhood crush,” the actress recalls of her hunky...
By Lulu Brenda Harris - CITE THE decision by the regulator of global wildlife to impose a near ban on sending African elephants to zoos abroad drew an angry response from Zimbabwe and it did not come as a surprise. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered...
Ellanie Smit, The Namibian Sun The environment ministry has confirmed that there is no longer any application under consideration to export elephants to Pakistan. Ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda told Namibian Sun yesterday that a permit to import elephants from...
By Technology Networkers A new tool uses an interactive database of geographic and genetic information to help authorities quickly identify where the confiscated tusks of African elephants were originally poached. Developed by an international team of researchers,...
By The Lowvelder The current drought in the Kruger National Park (KNP) has resulted in at least six elephants escaping the park in search of food. Ike Phaahla, general manager of communications of the KNP, confirmed that these elephants had managed to escape. “Due to...
By American Veterinary Medical Association The Association of Zoos and Aquariums announced it is phasing out the use of bullhooks for routine elephant care and training at member zoos by the start of 2021. The accrediting organization's board also approved a statement...