By Associated Press MADRID — Spain’s Civil Guard says it is investigating a businessman in the eastern Valencia region who owned a private taxidermy collection with more than 1,000 stuffed animals, including just over 400 from protected species and at least one...
Zimbabwe: Game ranger, police officer arrested over possession of 28.35kg of ivory
By Lyndie Whiz, Zim Live A game ranger, a police officer and a retired police officer were charged Wednesday for unlawful possession of 28.35kg of ivory. Hwange National Park ranger Simibio Kakomo, 38, Shepherd Musiniwa, 31, who works for the Police Support Unit based...
UK: Zoo in Devon will no longer keep elephants as it cannot meet their needs
By Sami Quadri - Evening Standard A zoo in Devon has announced it will no longer keep elephants as it is unable to meet their needs. Paignton Zoo made the difficult decision after its last elephant Duchess died in 2019. It came...
Plans Underway For Elephants To Be Flown From Europe
By Raymond Zaka and Hussein Abdullahi, Kenya News Agency Kenya and United Kingdom (UK) are planning to fly thirteen African elephants from the UK to Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary in Kwale County. The thirteen elephants weighing 25 tonnes in total will be flown more...
South Africa: Trophy hunting of rhino, leopards and elephants halted by court interdict
By Dave Chambers, Times Live Humane Society International/Africa (HSI/Africa), which went to court after forestry, fisheries and environment minister Barbara Creecy earmarked 10 leopards, 10 black rhino and 150 elephants for trophy hunters in 2022, said final judgment...
Tanzania opens auction for hunting of old wildlife
By Mmegi Online Tourism Minister Damas Ndumbaro said successful hunters would be allowed to kill aged elephants, lions and other big game considered unproductive. The East African country is aiming to raise $30m (£23) from the auction. About 25% of the proceeds will...
UK trophy hunting import ban to be brought forward
By Helena Horton, The Guardian A trophy hunting import ban will be brought forward in coming months despite opposition from Conservative backbenchers, the environment secretary has said. George Eustice told animal welfare campaigners of the commitment after rumours...
Kenya: Miracle Elephant Twins That Had Little Chance of Surviving Found Alive
By Robyn White, Newsweek Miracle elephant twins that had little chance of survival have been found alive and well in Kenya. The extremely rare twins, a boy and a girl, were first discovered in January in the Samburu National Reserve in Northern Kenya. They were the...
Trading firm director convicted of illegally importing 1,787 elephant tusks into Singapore
By Louisa Tang, Today Online SINGAPORE: A 40-year-old woman was found guilty on Wednesday (March 23) of importing into Singapore close to 1,800 elephant ivory pieces, worth a total of S$3.3 million. She did not exercise due diligence to ensure that the shipment...
Prosecutors in East Africa pledge to end money-laundering so wildlife crime no longer pays
By The Independent For more than five years, Chinese national Yang Feng Glan, aka Ivory Queen, organised, managed, and financed a sprawling wildlife crime racket in Tanzania, buying, collecting, transporting, and selling trophies including elephant tusks. With the...