By Busani Bafana - Mongabay Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe want to sell off their ivory stocks to raise money for conservation.Growing human and elephant populations in these southern African countries have provoked increased human-wildlife conflict, and...
Dallas Zoo figures prominently in New York Times expose on elephants
By Teresa Gubbins - Culture Map he Dallas Zoo comes under careful scrutiny in a newly published story by the New York Times about 17 elephants that were imported into the United States from Swaziland in 2016. The story, which was published on June 9 and...
Worldwide Smuggling Crackdown Rescues Endangered Wildlife
By DANI MATIAS - HPPR Big cats, apes, reptiles and elephant tusks were just some of the discoveries made by authorities as part of an ongoing effort to squash wildlife trafficking across the globe. Police and customs officials made the announcement...
Tanzania’s Magufuli dismisses concerns over dam in nature park
By Pulse Live Kenya Tanzanian President John Magufuli downplayed fears Tuesday that a hydro-electric dam planned for a fabled nature reserve would affect the environment, despite UNESCO expressing "grave concern" over the scheme. The 2,100-megawatt scheme will...
9 Chinese, 3 Malawi nationals arrested for wildlife and firearms crimes (Malawi)
By Christopher Jimu - The Nyasa Times Director of Parks and Wildlife Bighton Kumchedwa says goverment has intensified the fight against poaching in game reserves and national parks so that future generations will be able to see wildlife and other protected...
NAPHA had no say in elephant hunt (Namibia)
By Jana-Mari Smith, The Namibian Sun The Namibia Professional Hunting Association (Napha) has stated the organisation played no part in the decision making in connection with hunt of a 50-year alpha elephant bull in Namibia that sparked widespread outrage. In a...
Tanzania says elephant, rhino populations rebounding after anti-poaching crackdown
By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala -Reuters DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Elephant and rhino populations in Tanzania have begun to rebound after a government crackdown dismantled organised criminal networks involved in industrial-scale poaching, the country’s presidency said. A...
Zoos Called It a ‘Rescue.’ But Are the Elephants Really Safe?
By Charles Siebert, The New York Times The “Elephants of the Zambezi River Valley” enclosure at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kan., is a dreamscape idyll of an elephant’s natural home: five and a half sprawling acres of tree-dotted mock savanna and a...
Zoo justifies the cost of acquiring new elephants
By Sarah Koning - Rosebank Killarney Gazette Spokesperson for the Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo Jenny Moodley addresses some of the concerns from various organisations regarding the cost of acquiring new elephants and the size of their enclosure. Johannesburg City...
Namibia records 26 poaching cases this year
By Xinhua WINDHOEK, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Namibia has recorded 26 poaching incidences since January, spokesperson of the Environment and Tourism Ministry Romeo Muyunda said Monday. According to the statistics, seven elephants and 19 rhinos were poached since January. In...