By Jonathan Clayton, The Times The young tracker stopped abruptly, putting a finger to his lips to signal that nobody should move. Through the half light of the thick forest, a small herd of elephants appeared before gliding past. Later, after wading through swamps...
By Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press HARARE, ZIMBABWE: A helicopter herds thousands of impalas into an enclosure. A crane hoists sedated upside-down elephants into trailers. Hordes of rangers drive other animals into metal cages and a convoy of trucks starts a journey...
By Thobo Motlhoka, The Independent British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should act to thwart Botswana and other southern African countries’ desire to have the ban on legal ivory sale lifted, a coalition of British conservation groups has said. The statement by...
By Angele Latham, Jackson Sun In an unusual case for Tennessee, a man has been charged in federal court with transporting and selling elephant tusks in West Tennessee, according to documents filed by the court last week. James Bennett, who was arrested in October...
By Bennett Oghifo, This Day There is growing concern that Nigeria, in recent years, has become a primary transit hub for several illicit wildlife and forest products. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) stated that Nigeria is notorious in particular...
By Boris Ngounou, Afrik21 The Gabonese authorities have just arrested an alleged wildlife trafficker. The latter was caught in the act of holding and selling about twenty kilograms of ivory. In Gabon, elephants are protected by the wildlife law in force. A young...
By Bayo Akomolafe, New Telegraph Despite huge seizures, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is still battling smugglers from China, Vietnam and some South East Asian countries using Nigerian ports and porous borders as transit hub for the transshipment of pangolin scales...
By New Telegraph New research has revealed that South African citizens and international tourists want to see an end to trophy hunting, in favour of wildlife-friendly experiences. This comes as South Africa opens-up consultation on its draft Conservation and...
By Gilbert Koech, The Star A conservation NGO, Save the Elephants, has launched a manual that can be used by communities to protect themselves and their properties from jumbos. The human-elephant toolbox, which was launched during World Elephant Day on Friday, has...
By Michael Behr, Digit News Glasgow-based startups EOLAS Insight and Omanos Analytics have joined a project to help conservationists count African elephants from space. Working alongside Peace Parks Foundation and supported by funding from the European Space Agency,...