By Svetlana Skarbo, The Siberian Times Yunyugen mammoth graveyard in the northe of Yakutia is paleontological world treasure site with multiple remains of mammoths, woolly rhinos, Pleistocene era bisons and deers kept in perfect condition in permafrost. This is where...
By Deutsche Welle Conservationists are celebrating a win for the African elephant after an endangered wildlife summit voted down proposals that would have loosened restrictions on the ivory trade by allowing one-off sales of stockpiles. But they warned the vulnerable...
By Lawson Chad, The Patriot Environment and Tourism Minister Pohamba Shifeta, who is currently attending the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) said, stopping the sale of elephant tusks is not the solution to...
By Jevans Nyabiage, The South China Morning Post China, one of the leading buyers of African elephants, could face difficulty in acquiring the mammals if a widening of a ban on their sale to zoos is ratified next week by the global regulator of wildlife trade. A...
By David McKenzie, CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN)"Why do you shoot the animals?" I asked through an interpreter.The Murle hunter, a semi-automatic weapon slung over his shoulder, definitely didn't appreciate my question.We were in Boma in South Sudan, close to...
By APA News Kenya on Friday called upon all African elephant range states to continue seeking solutions that will ensure the survival of African elephant for posterity.This week saw the world stand for survival of the Giraffe and the African elephant at the ongoing...
By Independent Online Johannesburg - The Fondation Franz Weber (FFW) - an organisation that campaigns to protect nature and animals - on Friday said the ongoing CITES-CoP18 had missed a golden opportunity to protect elephants. In a statement reacting to this weeks...
BY DINA FINE MARON - National Geographic Proposals to strengthen elephant protections and reopen ivory sales come to a head at global wildlife treaty meeting. GENEVAImpassioned arguments from several southern African nations at the wildlife trade summit here yesterday...
By Abdi Rizack - The Star • The CITES parties did, however, give new protection to the giraffe by voting to end the unregulated international trade in the animal’s parts. •There are fewer giraffes alive than elephants and their population has plunged by...
By Miranda Green, The Hill The European Union and Japan will be able to keep their domestic ivory trades open despite a push to end the market globally at this year’s international wildlife trafficking meeting in Geneva. The decision, concluded Wednesday at the 18th...