By Sarah Marshall, The Telegraph Benson Kanyembo is this year’s winner of the Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award, initiated by the Duke of Cambridge. Sarah Marshall shares his story. Frowning with concentration, Benson Kanyembo stares through the window of a Cessna 180,...
By Riah Pryor, The Art Newspaper As activists protested at the entrance of London’s Royal Courts of Justice, it was a highly charged room that saw the review of the proposed—and contentious—Ivory Act [2018] this week. On one side was the Department of the Environment,...
By Katie Fitzgerald - NewsHub NZ's ivory trade has doubled in size since 2016, the Jane Goodall Institute for New Zealand says. The institute's ambassador and environmental policy analyst Fiona Gordon said a recent 10-month survey found a huge growth since she...
By The Namibian THE leadership of the Kavango West region wants some elephants in the region relocated to Etosha National Park. This was mentioned at a meeting hosted by the office of the governor, Sirkka Ausiku, on Tuesday as part of the solution to control...
By Karen Botha - The Independent The UK Ivory Act of 2018, which severely restricts the sale of ivory to, from and within this country, is intended to help save elephants. It has received overwhelming public and parliamentary support and the backing of most African...
By Landé Willemse, The Citizen SANParks released a statement to confirm the tragic incident and to explain that shooting the bull was the last resort taken by the field rangers. Drastic but life-saving measures were taken when a young elephant bull charged SANParks...
By The New Zimbabwe NYANGA: Two Mozambican nationals and a Zimbabwean were arrested Tuesday after being found in possession of seven pieces of ivory weighing 21 kilogrammes. Police confirmed the arrests. Manicaland police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa...
By Rizwan Asif - The Express Tribune LAHORE: As a result of the rampant corruption among suppliers of exotic animals, the Punjab Wildlife Department has cancelled the tender for importing an elephant worth Rs50 million. That’s not all, but the department has...
By Jack Guy and Columbus S. Mavhunga, CNN Harare (CNN)Wildlife activists in Zimbabwe are pushing to halt an alleged plan to sell 35 baby elephants to China and Pakistan as part of an ongoing row over wildlife exports.The sale has been in the works since last year,...
By Africa.com With just over a week to go until Botswana’s general election, NGO Political Animal Lobby (PAL) urges voters in Botswana to think wisely when casting their votes on 23 October and consider the importance of animal conservation to their country’s economic...