By MBONGENI MGUNI - Mmegi Online President Mokgweetsi Masisi, currently in the US most likely fending off battalions of animal rights lobbyists, has issued a global invitation to any country willing to adopt some of Botswana’s elephants. Botswana’s elephant population...
By Xinhua NANJING: Customs authorities in Nanjing, capital of eastern China's Jiangsu Province, have busted an ivory smuggling ring, arresting three suspects and seizing more than 300 kg of ivory and ivory products. Nanjing customs received information at the...
By Shailaja A. Lakshmi - Marine Link A family of six elephants were loaded aboard the freighter El Nino in the port of Walvis Bay and is destined for an upmarket tourism Game Park in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). "This is the first time a consignment...
By Rhian Lubin and Rowan Griffiths, The Mirror Poachers kill around 20,000 African elephants a year and there was a surge of 9,000% in rhino poaching in South Africa between 2007 and 2014 The elephant has been shot and is slumped on its knees, ears still intact but a...
By Tinashe Farawo, The Herald Speaking at the Kasane Elephant Summit in Botswana recently, President Mnangagwa bemoaned criticism Zimbabwe and the region face when it comes to conservation policies. Zimbabwe believes in sustainable utilisation of its wildlife and the...
By Nathanial Gronewold, E&E News For the first time ever, governments will consider an endangered species listing for a species that's already extinct. The motivation for listing the extinct woolly mammoth is tighter monitoring of the ivory trade and a clampdown...
By Xinhua TIANJIN: Customs officers of northern China's Tianjin Municipality have intercepted 2,235 pieces of products made from endangered species since the start of this year. The products, weighing 324.14 kg in total, were discovered in passenger luggage and...
By UKDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Thérèse Coffey MP Call for evidence launched on trade in other ivory-bearing species. The Ivory Act 2018 will give protections to elephants. A range of animals including hippos, walruses and...
By Deutsche Bank News Deutsche Bank has pledged its support to United for Wildlife, an initiative that works to tackle illegal wildlife trade. Spearheaded by HRH Prince William, United for Wildlife helps conservation organisations, governments, law enforcement...
By Mongabay.com The World Health Organization (WHO) will include traditional Chinese medicine in the revision of its influential International Classification of Diseases for the first time.The move concerns wildlife scientists and conservationists who say the WHO’s...