By Adaku Onyenucheya -The Guardian Nigeria The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), in collaboration with the Wildlife Justice Commission, has intercepted pangolin scales and elephant tusks worth N3.1billion being transported through Nigeria to Asia. The Controller General...
By Joe Wright, Kent Online Animal park bosses at Howletts have defended their plans to relocate an entire herd of elephants to Africa amid concerns raised by experts. A team from the Aspinall Foundation is preparing to release the animals into the wild in their...
By Andrew Wasike, Anadolu Agency NAIROBI: Police arrested two suspected poachers with 14 pieces of ivory Thursday which authorities said were taken from seven elephants in western Kenya. The National Police Service said a joint team of Busia county police officers and...
By Mena FM SINGAPORE: An eight-week INTERPOL operation against wildlife crime and trafficking resulted in arrests and seizures across Asia and Africa. Codenamed Golden Strike, the operation – which ended late last year – targeted the criminals and networks smuggling...
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) Three years ago this month, the Ugandan authorities seized a significant quantity of elephant ivory and pangolin scales en-route to Vietnam through Kenya. Acting on intelligence, the Ugandan Revenue Authority (URA) conducted a...
By Naftali Mwaura, Xinhua NAIROBI: The survival of African forest elephants is at stake amid mounting threats linked to climate change, habitat loss, poaching and conflict with local communities, ministers said at a virtual briefing organized by international...
By Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen, MyJoyOnline The Mole National Park has received EUR 600,000 grant from the ‘Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants’ (MIKE) programme to fund a project entitled: “Protecting the Priority Population of elephant and other target species...
By Xinhua BEIJING: China has seen a significant decline in ivory smuggling, as efforts to clamp down on the practice intensified, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said Monday. The total volume of seized ivory products plunged to 68 kg last year from...
By Robyn White, Newsweek Incredibly rare African elephant twins have been born at a reserve in Northern Kenya for the first time in decades. The twin calves, spotted in Samburu National Park, are just a few days old and the first to be recorded in the reserve since...
By Nokuthaba Dlamini, VicFallsLive Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) rangers last week stumbled on remains of seven elephants that are believed to have died two months ago at the Ngamo Forest on the outskirts of the Hwange National Park. The...