By Yeukai Karengezeka - The Herald FIVE suspects appeared in court on Wednesday on charges of unlawfully possessing and attempting to sell two raw, unmarked elephant tusks weighing 21,8 kilogrammes. The suspects, identified as Justice Chikodze, Sarah Katumba, Abraham...
By Rachel Savage - The Guardian A third of Etosha national park has been burned despite efforts of volunteers, who say troops were sent in too late. Wildfires that raged through one of Africa’s largest national parks have been brought under control, Namibia’s...
By Gia Radnai - Lowvelder Limpopo, a 19-year-old female elephant, was euthanised after fatally goring senior carer Israel Shambira at the Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development Trust (HERD) on September 13.Shambira, a long-serving and trusted member of...
By The Macao News Aerial surveys of elephants and other large mammals in their natural habitats are considered a vital tool for effective conservation The last survey was conducted in 2018 and alerted conservation officials to a 13 percent drop in population caused by...
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick As delegates at a two-day indaba reached for solutions to human-elephant conflict, there were many who were happy to reach for their guns. At the Southern African Elephant Indaba at Bonamanzi Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal last week,...
By Getaway Magazine A rare sighting of Oupoot — the last-known elephant of the Knysna forest — was spotted for the first time in six years. Images captured by Karatara farmer Oubaas Fourie on Thursday, 17 July, shows the lone elephant moving calmly along the...
By The New Times Government has announced a possible plan to reintroduce elephants into the fast-growing Nyungwe National Park located in the south-western part of the country. Originally known for its thick rainforest, Nyungwe is gaining increasing global attention...
By Richard Ashmore - Express A British vet and a dedicated team of rangers and pilots tagged these elephants for the first time in a bid to save them from shootings and hunting. n the wild heart of Africa there is a dwindling group of savannah elephants so traumatised...
By Leonard Ncube & Nqobile Tshili - The Herald POLICE have arrested a suspected poacher for allegedly poisoning over 100 elephants using cyanide at Hwange National Park. Tony Maphosa, who has been on the run since 2013, allegedly poisoned water points and salt...
By Spoorthy Raman - MongaBay A recent report from the Wildlife Justice Commission analyzed trends in ivory and pangolin scales trafficking from Africa over the past decade using seizure data and found that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted the illegal...