By LATF Ahead of World Elephant Day (August 12) and an upcoming meeting on international wildlife trade in Geneva, Switzerland, Ricky Gervais has teamed up with Animal Defenders International (ADI) to call...
Ivory ‘smuggler’ who dumped wife at airport is captured after 2 years (Zimbabwe)
By Lindie Whiz, Zim Live HARARE: A man on the run for two years after allegedly conniving with his wife to send a package of processed ivory to Malaysia has been arrested. Rainstone Masukuta, 40, of Norton, appeared before a Harare magistrate on Thursday charged with...
Botswana to continue elephant protection talks with Kenya: minister
By Xinhua GABORONE, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Botswana will continue talks about elephant protection with Kenya in order to hold the east African country together with itself at an upcoming international conference on wildlife protection, a minister said Thursday. The talks...
CITES CoP18: NRDC’s Plan to Protect Imperilled Species
By Zak Smith Elly Pepper - NRDC As we gear up for August’s 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP18) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Geneva, we have high hopes that the global community will...
Banks must help stop illegal wildlife trade
By Tintswalo Baloyi, CAJ News Africa JOHANNESBURG: A banking executive has urged the finance sector to play a part in fighting illegal wildlife trade, a criminality that is endangering some species to the point of extinction. Kweku Bedu-Addo, Chief Executive Officer...
Kenya to construct evidence storage facility to boost prosecution of poachers
By Xinhua NAIROBI: Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) on Thursday launched the construction of a state-of-the-art facility that will be used to preserve exhibits required to prosecute criminals involved in illegal trade in wildlife products. The evidence storage room,...
Female rangers take up arms to save animals from poachers
By PENWELL DLAMINI - The Sowetan Being a field ranger at Kruger National Park is a perilous job full of drama. There are constant dangers when rangers come face to face with wild animals in the bush. The rangers have another more dangerous encounter to contend with in...
Elephant Path: A Story of Hope and War in CAR
By AlJazeera A Bayaka elder, an American biologist, and an eco-guard study and protect elephants in CAR until conflict strikes. In the rainforests of the Central African Republic (CAR) is Dzanga Bai, a remote clearing where a tall canopy of trees - full of the hum of...
From Africa to Vietnam: the flow of ivory is relentless
By Darunee Sukanan - Sustainability Times In March, 3.5 tons of trafficked ivory was discovered in a shipping container at Vietnam’s northern port of Hui Phong. In June, over 9 tons of ivory was seized in Da Nang, in the central part of the country. It is...
Amarula teams up with Heinemann for awareness-raising activation
By Elena Dimama - DFNI Online he promotion is aimed at increasing awareness and funds for elephant conservation Distell Travel Retail has joined forces with Gebr Heinemann for an Amarula ‘Stamp Your Pledge’ promotion at Frankfurt...