By André Baptista, VOA Manica Police expressed concern about a new wave of ivory trafficking from pieces stolen in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique's most important conservation area. The revelation was made by Mateus Mindu, a spokesman for the Manica Police, on...
By Roland Olifant - The Telegraph Three dozen baby elephants at the centre of a controversy over the sale of wildlife to Chinese zoos have left Zimbabwe after they were loaded secretly onto a cargo flight, the Telegraph has learnt. Thirty-two of 37 young elephants...
By BBC Zimbabwe has flown up to 30 young elephants to a different country, believed to be China. The sale has been criticised by animal welfare groups, who say that the animals may be traumatised. But Zimbabwe's National Parks service argues that it needs to earn hard...
By Capital FM MOMBASA, KENYA: Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala has called on the United Nations to help the Kenya government curb illicit ivory trade through the port city of Mombasa. On Wednesday, during a United Nations forum of Mombasa port stakeholders’...
By Douglas Mubiru, New Vision The Standard Utilities and Wildlife Court at Buganda Road in Kampala has convicted and fined a man sh5m for being in illegal possession of protected species contrary to sections 30 and 75 (b) of the Uganda Wild Life Act Cap, 200. Benon...
By By Charlie Taylor - BBC Botswana will hold general elections on 23 October and as a BBC World Questions debate found out in Gaborone, diamonds and elephants could play a sizeable role in deciding who wins. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has won every...
By Sam Williams - Kent Online A five-tonne elephant has been saved from death following the intervention of a Kent charity. The Aspinall Foundation - which runs Port Lympne Hotel and Reserve, near Hythe, and Howletts Wild Animal Park, near Canterbury -...
By Yahoo News For hundreds of years now, audiences have been entertained by live acts in which elephants, tigers, monkeys, and other wild animals perform amazing tricks. But behind the scenes of these dazzling displays, circus animals are typically confined in cages...
By Reuters GABORONE (Reuters) - More than 100 elephants have died in Botswana in the past two months partly because of a suspected anthrax outbreak, the government said on Tuesday. “Preliminary investigations suggest the elephants are dying from anthrax whilst some...
By Ellanie Smit, The Namibian Sun Sixteen suspects were arrested in connection with wildlife crimes in the past week. Eight of the suspects are Namibians and the rest Zambians. Statistics provided by the Protected Resource Division of the Namibian police and the...