By EWN AMBOSELI - As he peers at the carcass of the young elephant, Kenyan park ranger Josphat Wangigi Kagai says such disturbing sights have become all too familiar - a reflection of the vicious drought sweeping across the Horn of Africa. "I used to wear a face mask...
By Reuters GABORONE, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Botswana is investigating a new spate of elephant deaths in the north of the country, two years after authorities said naturally produced toxins had killed more than 300 elephants. The dead elephants were first found by...
By California 18 The “Thunder 2022” operation made it possible to make nearly 2,200 seizures and identify 934 suspects, according to a preliminary report. A major international operation against the illegal trade in wildlife and timber has led to hundreds of arrests,...
By Erin Gaskell, The Westmorland Gazette An MPs campaign to stop British hunters bringing home ‘trophies’ of endangered animals has won the support of legendary conservationist Jane Goodall and record-breaking explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes. A recent cross-party...
By All News Press Antiques fairs are a delight for bargain hunters, always on the lookout for a bargain. They also sometimes attract fraudsters, eager to sell illegal merchandise. On November 14, customs officers from the Quimper brigade (Finistère) carried out...
By Patrick Amimo, The Standard Kenya's proposal to have elephant range States financed upon non-commercial destruction of ivory stockpiles was shot down. The country along with South Africa's proposals was rejected at the just concluded Convention on International...
By Dominic Naidoo - IOL A 39-year-old man is expected to appear before the Calcutta Magistrate’s Court in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, today after he was arrested by the Nelspruit Hawks Serious Organised Crime Investigation, the White River K9 Unit and Mpumalanga...
By Tatira Zwinoira, Zimbabwe Independent The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) secretariat has thrown out Zimbabwe’s request to sell its ivory stockpile. Between 1979 and 1989, the number of African elephants...
Himanshu Nitnaware, Down to Earth In a major setback to rhino conservation in Africa, the proposal to downgrade the status of southern white rhino from Appendix I to Appendix II was accepted at the 19th Conference of Parties (COP19). The COP19, organised by...
By EnviroNews Nigeria The Elephant Protection Initiative Foundation (EPIF) highlighted its pioneering work across Africa in securing stockpiles of ivory and other wildlife products at the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP19) to the Convention of...