By RNZ The government is looking to regulate the domestic market for elephant ivory as it seeks to strengthen measures to prevent international trade in endangered species. Ivory objects seized at border by Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of...
By Adam Hartman - the Namibian THREE men arrested earlier this month for the possession of two elephants tusks, with the intention of selling them, were granted bail of N$30 000 each by the Walvis Bay Magistrate's Court on Friday. Dirk Vermeulen (50), Edgar Clarke...
By Baleseng Batlotleng - Daily Mail The political party thematic debate in Maun on Wednesday elicited mixed reactions, but the general consensus was that the overpopulation of elephants was impacting negatively on other species and contributing to an increase in the...
By Xinhua GABORONE, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Botswana opposes attempts to remove option of sustainably utilizing wildlife, a senior official in Botswana's ministry of environment, natural resources conversation and tourism said Friday. Botswana will continue to oppose...
By ALBERTINA NAKALE - New Era Inspector General of the Namibian police Sebastian Ndeitunga has revealed that the force is deploying 280 of its members, selected from across the country on a three-month rotation basis, into national parks to assist with anti-poaching...
By LIAM DILLON - Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — Circuses in California would no longer be allowed to include wild animals under a bill state legislators sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday. Should Newsom sign Senate Bill 313, circuses in the state...
By Antony Sguazzin - Bloomberg Botswana government to sell rights to shoot 158 elephants Country has courted controversy by lifting hunting ban Botswana has reintroduced elephant hunts with a cautious approach to pricing, a move that’s likely to further inflame the...
By Hannah Thomasy - Mongabay Crop-raiding by elephants can devastate small farmers, leading to food insecurity, lost opportunity costs, and even death, as well as negative attitudes towards elephants, but finding effective and inexpensive solutions has proven...
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick An international conference of elephant experts has condemned the capture and confinement of elephants and has called on zoos to release and reintegrate them into the wild or relocate them to sanctuaries where they can live a more...
By Emmanuel Agbenonwossi - Med Africa Tanzanian ministry of tourism has announced arrest of main suspect in the poaching of its elephant population and recovery of hundreds of ivory tusks that involved the killing of 117 elephants. Hamisi Kigwangalla, minister for...