By Chris Makhaye - Daily Maverick For decades the area surrounding the serene and picturesque Jozini Dam and Pongola Nature Reserve has been a tourist mecca, drawing well-heeled local and international visitors keen on seeing nature at its best, including cruises to...
By Reuters HANOI: A court in Vietnam on Tuesday sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for trafficking nearly 10 tonnes of endangered animal parts from Africa, including ivory and rhino horns, police said. The court in the central coastal city of Danang found...
By Xinhua Tanzania’s newly appointed Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Omary Mchengerwa, has pledged to reinforce the anti-poaching drive in the east African nation. Mchengerwa made the pledge on Thursday when he presented 22 vehicles for anti-poaching...
By Leopold Munhende, New Zimbabwe AKASHINGA, International Anti-Poaching Foundation’s (IAPF) exclusively female anti-poaching unit operating in the Zambezi Valley has received a US$700,000 grant from Australian businesswoman Judith Neilson who was born and raised in...
By Lydia Lam, Channel News Asia SINGAPORE: The director of a trading firm was sentenced to 10 months' jail on Wednesday (Feb 15) for importing 1,787 pieces of elephant tusks from Africa into Singapore, en route to Vietnam. The tusks of the endangered species weighed...
By Andreas Thomas - The Namibian COMMUNITIES living in conservancies in the Kunene region want the government to review the compensation for losses caused by wild animals. They feel the compensation for human-wildlife conflict losses is too little compared to the...
By Reuters The number of endangered elephants, rhinos and other animals in Uganda's reserves is steadily improving, reversing years of declines caused by poachers, traffickers and conflict, a state-run wildlife agency said on Thursday. The population of northern white...
By Khanh Vu, Reuters HANOI: Vietnamese authorities have over the past week seized more than 600 kilograms of ivory smuggled from Africa, the government said on Monday. Trade in ivory is illegal in Vietnam but wildlife trafficking remains widespread. Other items...
By Capital FM News A police officer who was arrested over the weekend with elephant tusks worth Sh2.1 million is due to be charged in court. The officer had been arrested in Meru Township while carrying the tusks that he intended to sell to a potential buyer. Police...
By South Coast Herald Ezemvelo shall explore all possible solutions to resolve the issue of the estimated 69 elephants roaming Ezemvelo’s Phongola Nature Reserve (PNR). The ongoing human-wildlife conflict in that area has contributed to the rise of elephant poaching...