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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Liam Casey, CTV A senator is set to introduce a bill today supported by primatologist Jane Goodall that would phase out elephants in captivity, put a stop to big cats at roadside zoos and give some animals legal standing in court. Sen. Marty Klyne says he will...