Chris Phiri, Zambia Reports The Chipata, Mambwe and Petauke magistrates’ courts have handed five-year prison sentences to each of the five offenders who appeared before them. In a statement issued by Tourism and Arts Public Relations Officer Sakabilo Kalembwe,...
By APA News Botswana’s neighbours, namely, Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe have reaffirmed their support to Botswana’s management plans on elephants which include among others lifting of hunting ban and culling of elephants, APA learned here Tuesday.In...
Antony Sguazzin - Fin24 Bloomberg news The president of Botswana, the nation with the world’s largest elephant population, likened the country’s travails with its numerous pachyderms to the number of Africans who have migrated to Europe to find a better life....
Africa News On Thursday, April 12, Handover Ceremony of a Strategic Anti-Poaching Outpost for Elephants was held in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. This project was funded by the Government of Japan in cooperation with the Convention on International...
Jane Flanagan, Cape Town - The Times Africa’s elephant population has crashed over the past 50 years as a result of rampant poaching, falling from more than one million in the Seventies to about 400,000 today. Despite warnings from conservationists that the animal is...
Xinhua BEIJING: It is helpful to begin a discussion of whether China makes good on its promise of ivory trade ban with a brief look at a stunning case. The General Administration of Customs announced on Monday that on March 30, China cracked a cross-border smuggling...
By Ding Qian - CGTN As one of the most magnificent animals in the world, elephants don't just have a huge body, they also have unusually large brains. They are very intelligent, can use tools to solve problems and recognize their own reflections in the mirror. They...
Trois personnes ont été arrêtées à Sangmélima en raison de l’abbatage de bébés éléphants et du trafic de défenses en ivoire. L’arrestation a été effectuée par la Délégation Régionale des forêts et de la faune du Dja et du Lobo en collaboration avec le cabinet du...
chinadaily.com.cn Li Yan China customs recently seized 2,748 ivory tusks weighting a total of 7.48 metric tons after cracking down on a major smuggling case in a joint operation. Tusks are illegally transferred from African countries and imported into China under the...
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter KAVANGO-ZAMBEZI Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA-TFCA) countries have resolved to adopt a scientific wildlife management system in national parks, a development which will enable the bloc to harvest or move wildlife without...