By Pauline Kairu, The East African African Great Apes could encounter a rise in extreme climate events over the next three decades, a recent study reveals. Despite efforts to mitigate climate change, these apes are projected to be increasingly exposed to challenges...
By Garrin Lambley, The South African It has been reported that another “super tusker” elephant bull, from the Amboseli elephant population, has been shot and killed in the Enduimet Wildlife Management Area in Tanzania. The killing took place during a hunting...
By Edwin Lombard, IOL More elephants could be introduced to the Knysna forest after the rare sighting of a wild female elephant. South African National Parks (SANParks) said since the confirmation of the presence of a wild female elephant remaining in the Knysna...
By Quadri Adejumo, BNN In a recent development, tensions have escalated over the boundary of Kasungu National Park in Malawi, leading to a standstill in the construction of a perimeter fence intended to protect local communities from crop-destroying elephants. At the...
By Kahawatungu A Nairobi court has frozen ownership of a Mercedes Benz and a block of residential flats built on prime land within Allsops area in Ruaraka belonging to televangelist and businessman Jackson Mbugua Burugu. This is in connection with a case of poaching...
By Gilbert Koech, The Star wo elephants were discovered dead at Kereita forest in what the Kenya Wildlife Service termed as retaliatory killing. Carol Jemimah from Kijabe Environment Volunteers group reported the deaths in Muiru section of the forest. She said the...
Peta Thornycroft, Telegraph Scores of elephants have been killed for their ivory in Botswana in recent months as a southern African country once considered a sanctuary for wildlife has seen a surge in poaching. Poachers are thought to have killed at least 60 elephants...
By Olalekan Adigun, BNN Breaking In the quiet village of Dzokamushure, Karoi, a 49-year-old man found himself at the center of a law enforcement operation that unveiled a darker side of wildlife exploitation. On February 23, 2024, Elias Reza was arrested by the...
By Yusuf Babalola, Leadership.ng The deputy chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Environment, Hon. Terseer Ugbor, has said that wildlife poaching is not just a crime against nature but a threat to the planet. He disclosed this during the first reading of a...
By Peter Matuka, The Chronicle Police in Matabeleland North Province have arrested two people after they were allegedly found with 7kg of ivory worth more than US$1 000. Malvern Chigume (33) of Maglas Township in Zvishavane and Qondisani Ncube (20) of Fatima...