Nicola Jansen van Vuuren - Letaba Herald “These are extremely tense times for all of us fighting to save Riff Raff.” Game capture staff peek through a hatch on top of the recovery crate of a mature adult elephant bull (40-45 years old) known as 'Riff Raff' as he wakes...
MMO News In Cabo Delgado, a citizen was sentenced to 14 years in prison for trafficking in ivory. The sentence was handed down on Wednesday in the Judicial Court of the province of Cabo Delgado. Fernando Mohamed was convicted by the Judicial Court of the...
Feng Shuang, ECNS Customs officers from Guangzhou, Guangdong province, have seized more than 178 kilograms of smuggled endangered animals and their products after cracking down on 111 smuggling cases since the beginning of the year. Meanwhile, a major criminal gang...
Bevan Hurley, Stuff Polar bear rugs, a leopard's head shot by a trophy hunter, lion skin and elephant ivory are among the animal products being approved for importation into New Zealand. All manner of exotic animal parts from giraffes to pufferfish, and even crocodile...
Emmalee Mauldin, Arizona Public Media Wildlife and natural resource conservation researchers at the University of Arizona are studying elephant populations in South Africa and their impact on the local landscape, in particular, marula tree populations. Landowners and...
Xinhua GABORONE: Angola, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, which together host the largest population of elephants in Africa, have thrown their weight behind Botswana's plan to lift hunting ban. In a joint communique released Wednesday following a Kavango-Zambezi...
Ivan MacQuisten, The Art Newspaper The European Commission is consulting on tightening restrictions to the ivory trade within EU Member States. It began by commissioning a 62-page report from the wildlife monitoring network TRAFFIC, issued to stakeholders in January....
By Mongabay.com In one of the biggest busts in recent years, Chinese officials have seized 2,748 elephant tusks weighing more than 7 tonnes, the General Administration of Customs announced earlier this week.The ivory was confiscated during a joint operation by...
The Mainichi TOKYO: An investigation by a wildlife charity in Japan and an international environmental NGO has revealed that dealers of personal seals in Japan are selling products containing ivory knowing they will be illegally exported. Personal seals are used in...
Hamza M Sengendo, The Gulf Today Dubai Police handed over large quantities of ivory and sandalwood to the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, police revealed on Wednesday. The move came within the framework of joint cooperation between Dubai Police General...