By The Daily Sabah Turkish police seized hundreds of illegal animal parts worth TL 1.5 million ($261,000) in a raid at an apartment in Istanbul's Kağıthane district, authorities said Wednesday. According to the police, the raid took place on Oct. 23 and a total of 269...
By Jean Marie Takouleu _ Afrik21 More than 100 elephants have died in the last two months in Chobe National Park in northern Botswana. They have been victims of the relentless drought that is currently raging in Eastern and Southern Africa. Drought is wreaking havoc...
By The Lusaka Times Kenyan authorities are holding a Zambian woman who was arrested at the Kenya Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi with worked ivory. Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said Kabanje Liseli Mwananguku was arrested on Wednesday evening for wearing...
By Qin Chen and Juliana Liu - Inkstone Animal protection groups in China have expressed sadness and disappointment about the arrival of some 30 baby African elephants from Zimbabwe, in a case that has caused outrage among global wildlife campaigners. The wild-caught...
By Jeffrey Gogo - The Herald Animal rights group the Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ZNSPCA) on Thursday issued two statements — and justifiably so — berating wildlife authority ZimParks” conduct during the capture, storage...
By Christian Balade, Gabon Actu The search brigade of the commune of Makokou, capital of the province of Ogooué Ivindo, has recently arrested three alleged poachers in possession of two ivory tusks, a source close to the gendarmerie reports on Friday. François...
By Owen Khamula, The Nyasa Times Director of Wildlife Brighton Kunchedwa has hailed as landmark recent convictions and sentences of wildlife criminals. Kunchedwa was commenting on the latest sentencing of a man to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour for being...
By News24 Incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Friday won a five-year term in Botswana's elections which saw his ruling party secure more than 51% of parliamentary votes, the chief justice said. "Dr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi is elected President of the...
By Linus Unah - Mongabay Six elephants in Yankari Game Reserve have been fitted with satellite collars.The collars are the latest steps to better monitor and protect elephants and other wildlife in the park.Fewer than 500 elephants remain in Nigeria, survivors of...
By Shinovene Immanuel & Lugeretzia Kooper, The Namibian Around 1,200 villagers in the Zambezi region face eviction because of a decades-old dispute over an area reserved for wild animals. The area, near the Chobe River, is home to the Salambala Conservancy,...