Sophie Njoka, Media Max Network Investigations into the abduction of Italian aid worker Silvia Romano have taken a new twist after it emerged that she may have been involved in the multi-billion-shilling ivory trafficking business. Police investigations indicate...
The Herald Zimbabwe cannot be faulted for trying to make the Cites see reason, a commodity that apparently is now at a premium within the global watchdog for endangered animal species. Well, at least as far as noble requests on commercial ivory sales from southern...
News Ghana A 36-year-old Zimbabwean national was arrested in Botswana for possession of two elephant tusks, police told Xinhua on Sunday. In an interview with Xinhua on Sunday, Vincent Pitseitsile, Nata Police Station Commander, said the man was arrested recently at...
By Ross Harvey - The Conservation Technology has made a tremendous difference in the world, in areas as diverse as health and education, and pretty much everything in between. But is technology the weapon that will ultimately eradicate animal poaching...
By Claire Robinson, Writer At The Open Mind Nicki Coertze, 58 of age, had spotted a very unusual creature during a visit to the Kruger National Park in South Africa. Believed to be an albino elephant, this is something you don’t see every day!The tiny...
By Charles Helm At first glance, they look like nothing more interesting than rocks. But to our research team, these two rocks – situated just 420 metres apart on a rugged, remote portion of South Africa’s Cape south coast – are fascinating and important pieces of...
Xinhua Editor: Liangyu Nanning Customs in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has seized four suspected ivory products, according to General Administration of Customs. The four items, including three Buddhist ornaments and one human figure sculpture,...
By Tammy Petersen Further arrests could be made after a South African National Parks (SANParks) employee and three other suspected poachers were arrested in the Kruger National Park in an intelligence driven operation, the managing body has confirmed. The suspects...
By Pontien19 Les éléphants, animaux emblématiques de la République du Congo ne cessent de tomber sous les balles de la cupidité humaine. Un triste symbole traduisant le climat écologique du pays. L’arrestation de six présumés trafiquants d’ivoire le mardi 05...
Phil Drake, The Great Falls Tribune The sale or purchase of elephant ivory, rhino horn and rhino horn products would be prohibited under a bill heard Thursday by a state committee in Montana. Senate Bill 221, sponsored by Sen. Mike Phillips, D-Bozeman, does not deny...