By Capital Business MERU, Kenya, May 10 -Meru County farmers living close to forest areas have adopted bee-keeping as a way of keeping stray elephants at bay in addition to the benefits accrued from the lucrative apiculture activity. Ms. Tina Mwirigi, a bee-keeping...
UK: Boris Johnson urged to revive ban on fur, foie gras and hunt trophies
By Jane Dalton, The Independent Dozens of the UK’s leading animal charities have written to Boris Johnson asking him to include in the Queen’s speech an earlier promise to ban imports of hunting trophies, fur, foie gras and shark fins. The measures were in the Animals...
Zimbabwe: Massive transformation for Hwange National Park partner pumps in US$5 million
By The New Zimbabwe The 2019 five-year agreement between International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) and Zimparks, committed to funding conservation efforts in the giant Hwange National Park for US$1 million per year, is bearing fruit as witnessed by the...
Kenya: Farmers Opt for Sunflowers to Keep Jumbos Away
By Wagema Mwangi, Kenya News Agency From the top of Sagalla hills, a few kilometers outside the Tsavo East National Park, Kajire village and its environs are transformed into a rippling carpet of green landscape that stretches for miles towards all horizons. The land...
Community participation key to reducing wildlife crime in Zimbabwe
By The Independent Improving community attitudes towards conservation and making them guardians of the environment can reduce wildlife crimes, conservationists in Zimbabwe have said. Communities’ participation in managing the natural environment is key, as locals also...
Illegal Ivory Tusks Seized in Netherlands
By Agence France Presse Dutch law officials seized several elephant tusks worth tens of thousands of euros in a probe into illegal ivory smuggling, police said on Thursday. In their latest haul, police and customs officers intercepted 85 kilogrammes (187 pounds) of...
Cameroon: Four traffickers arrested with four elephant tusks and other wildlife species
By CamerBe Four traffickers have been arrested for trafficking in ivory tusk, pangolin, and chimpanzee. They were arrested during a crackdown operation carried out by wildlife officials of the Dja & Lobo Divisional Delegation of Forestry and Wildlife, in...
South Africa: Animal protection NGO stops trophy hunt quotas – for now
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick The Western Cape High Court has blocked the issuing of quotas to hunt 10 leopards, 10 black rhinos and 150 elephants following an application by the Humane Society International/Africa, provisionally agreeing that they were invalid and...
Ricky Gervais Calls For Urgent Release Of All Elephants From Zoos
By Riya Lakhani-Kanji - Plant Based News Ricky Gervais speaks out after a new report highlighted the effects of captivity on elephants In Defense of Animals has released its annual list of the 10 Worst Zoos for Elephants in North America, exposing zoos that are...
UK: More than £60,000 seized from man who traded in illegal ivory
By Megan Baynes, Sky News More than £60,000 has been seized from a man who traded in illegal ivory. Ngie Law, of Derby, was convicted in August 2021 of 18 different counts of buying, selling, and possessing the ivory goods without a permit. Now, following a hearing at...