By The Express Tribune LAHORE: After the directives issued by the Lahore High Court (LHC), the Ministry of Climate Change has issued a permit for importing two female elephants for Lahore Zoo. The animals are expected to reach Lahore by mid-October. Punjab...
By DUMA BOKO- Foreign Policy The country’s government is rolling back wildlife protections and endangering media freedom and the rule of law. It’s not uncommon in African countries for opposition politicians to be harassed and their freedom to campaign curtailed. But...
By EMILY BROWN - Unilad Tess Talley/Instagram/Campaign To Ban Trophy Hunting No matter how big or ferocious an animal may have been, posing with its body after killing it will never be impressive. Despite the controversies surrounding trophy hunting, it’s not...
By ALAN BOYLE - Geek Wire Years ago, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen backed a project called the Great Elephant Census that highlighted a crisis for Africa’s elephant population, brought about primarily by illegal poaching. Allen passed away last...
The News LAHORE: THE Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday directed the Punjab Environment Protection Department to issue a no-objection certificate (NOC) within three days for importing an elephant for the Lahore Zoo. Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti took up a petition...
By New Zimbabwe A Harare man who was arrested for possessing about 3kgs of cyanide and some pangolin scales in Hwange was lucky to escape with a nine month jail term after the mandatory nine years was quashed. Danmore Chinjonjo, aged 55 of Harare’s Budiriro suburb,...
By Boniface Keakabetse, Mmegi Online The announcement by government that hunting would be reintroduced, prioritising Batswana for this season, drew much excitement. Five years after the hunting moratorium caught many unawares, the doors for direct sustainable use were...
By The Nation Online Standing in front of a tree made of rusty weapons and snares confiscated from poachers, Prince Harry on Monday welcomed Liwonde National Park and Mangochi Forest to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy. The two protected areas join Chimaliro Forest in...
By The Bangkok Post The Criminal Court on Tuesday acquitted construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, his wife and a female associate of illegal possession of two pairs of African elephant tusks. Public prosecutors named Premchai’s wife Khanitta, 65, Mr Premchai, 65,...
There were five proposals for the regulation of elephant trade at the recent CITES conference in August 2019. This is how Canada voted: Re: Canada’s Report Card Are you aware that the African elephant is under threat of extinction? Every year 20,000...