By Nada Farhoud & Adam Aspinall - The Mirror EXCLUSIVE: Ex gamekeeper Derek Stocker’s ProStalk company specialises in trophy hunts to South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe killing baboons, monkeys, elephants, giraffes, and zebras Grinning Brits pose behind the body...
By John Harrington - 24/7 Wall St. There are about 465,000 elephants left in the wild in Africa and Asia today. An estimated 415,000 elephants plod through the forests and grasslands of Africa, with the remainder in Asia. The elephant population in southern Africa is...
By John Harrington - 24/7 Wall St. Few animals are more beloved or have more of a mystique than the elephant. The world’s largest land animal, whose scientific name is elephas maximus, these ponderous pachyderms can grow can grow to more than 13 feet in height and...
By IPP Media RPC police in Katavi region are holding Emanuel Lukanda (26), a resident of Chamalendi village in Mpimbwe ward, Mlele district for allegedly in possession of three pieces of elephant tusks weighing 10 kilogrammes. Addressing journalists at his office on...
By Joseph Goergen, Maxi Louis, Hilma Angula & Rosalia Iileka - The Daily Maverick Namibia’s environment minister has outlined plans to ensure that at least half of all income from tourism and hunting goes to local communities, and that strict ethics and social...
By Beth Nyaga, The Kenya Broadcasting Corporation In a fresh effort to raise awareness and curb the illegal trade in ivory, Kenya has launched a new wildlife conservation campaign dubbed “Ivory Trade is a Rip Off”. The campaign calls for the listing of the African...
By Colin Leggett, Narcity Elephants are beautiful and intelligent animals, and yet their worldwide population is threatened due to the global ivory trade. Now, famous Canadians are advocating for an ivory-free Canada on Twitter, urging the ban of ivory sales in our...
By Tony Weaver - Daily Maverick Tanzania’s President John ‘The Bulldozer’ Magufuli has announced his government will deproclaim the vast Selous Game Reserve and divide it into the Nyerere National Park and a hunting zone. One of the world’s greatest conservation areas...
By Tendai Marima - AlJazeera Rural communities support Botswana's bid to control elephant population by lifting hunting ban, as NGOs raise alarm. Rakops, Gumare Botswana – In the middle of June, armed with a pellet gun, Ngakaemang Ray Chombo found an...
By Mabhena Charles, ZW News 4 people have been arrested for illegal possession of 8 elephant tasks and 2 warthog teeth in Dete. Police and National Parks Rangers on patrol followed a spoor from the Hwange National Park which led them to one of the accused...