By Etta Michael Bisong, EnviroNews Nigeria Nigerian environmental activists have hailed the federal government’s decision to publicly destroy a sizable amount of wildlife products that were seized, such as crocodile skins, pangolin scales, leopard skins, and python...
By Rising Sun The Johannesburg Magistrates Court sentenced Innocent Tendere (35) and Shelton Zimizi (31), for illegal possession of elephant tusks, last week. The sentencing came after they were found guilty of the said charges on October 9, 2023. The accused were...
By Martha Chikoti , Malawi24 The High Court in Malawi has rejected Chinese wildlife trafficking convict Lin Yun Hua’s appeal against his 14-year sentence which was handed to him by Lilongwe Magistrate Court. Lin appealed against the conviction and the sentence but the...
By Gilbert Koech, The Star Nestled at the heart of Mount Kenya, Ngare Ndare Forest is a hidden gem with 200-year-old red cedar trees. The indigenous tree species stretch into a beautiful canopy that supports a rich variety of birds and wildlife. Jeremiah Mwenda, Ngare...
By Anozie Egole, Punch The Nigeria Customs Service, Eastern Marine Command, Port Harcourt, said it intercepted different wildlife and other contrabands with a duty paid value of N680m. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Tangwa, said this in a statement...
By Mirage News A bacterium, closely associated with deadly septicaemia, could have caused the deaths of six African elephants in Zimbabwe and possibly more in neighbouring countries. The findings place infectious diseases on the list of pressures on African elephants,...
By Xinua Botswana on Sunday launched an "elephant express" bus to transport the community and school-age children in its elephant-rich northwest area. Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi stated during the bus handover ceremony in Seronga village that the government...
By Kedirebofe Pelontle, Botswana Daily News via AllAfrica Botswana will donate 8 000 elephants to Angola as part of efforts to reduce their numbers in the country. President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi revealed this during a handover of Elephant Express minibus project in...
By Edwin Nyirongo, The Independent Malawi has adopted the use of drones to protect wildlife across six wildlife parks as extreme weather brings increased attention to the role of the parks as both carbon sinks and biodiversity refuges. Malawi has announced a new level...
By Sundeeka Mungroo, The South African KwaZulu-Natal’s Babanango Game Reserve has brought even more wildlife to its doors, reintroducing another seven elephants recently. Babanango Game Reserves Translocation AttemptsAfter many years of rewilding and significant...