By Lenin Ndebele - News24 The African Elephant Coalition has called on CITES to convince Japan to stop the ivory trade.Although legal, Japan has been flagged as a major market for illicit ivory from Africa.Dealers buy ivory in Japan and smuggle it to other parts of...
By Taarifa Kenya’s Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala told the country’s Parliament that they lost a total of 62 elephants between August and December 2021. “Through August to December, 62 elephants have died due to drought. We are rushing to...
By Philani Nombembe - TimesLive A Zimbabwean has been fined R10,000 in Cape Town for unlawful possession of ivory. Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said Cosmus Ziwande, 38, was sentenced in the Cape Town magistrate's court on Thursday. Ziwande, who is serving a...
By Tom Bawden - iNews New report finds that big animals help preserve biodiversity and protect against climate change. Elephants, rhinos and other large animals can play a key role in the environment by boosting plant diversity and tackling climate...
By Maria David, Informante Two Angolans and three Namibians, of which one is a traditional doctor, were remanded in custody after being arrested for possession of 29 pieces of elephant tusks at Onhuno, Helao Nafidi Town. The group made a brief appearance in the...
By The Guardian Government says black rhino population is growing and also gives permission to hunt 10 leopards and 150 elephants. The South African government has granted annual hunting and export permits for big game including 10 critically endangered black...
By Jeffrey Barbee and Laurel Neme, National Geographic Once, the only marks on the ground in remote northeastern Namibia were the round, flat footprints of elephants; the cloven-hoofed spoor of giraffes, elands, sable antelopes, and cattle; and the tracks of a few...
By Martha Chikoti, Malawi 24 United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator Malawi Rudolf Schwenk says the increased trends in poaching of animals such as elephants and pangolins in Malawi is very worrying and if left unaddressed, wildlife trafficking will continue to be a...
By AllAfrica Officers of Mozambique's National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) have seized eleven elephant tusks in a house in the western city of Tete, according to a report in Sunday's on-line issue of the independent daily "O Pais". The police struck as the...
By Mary Nnah, This Day The Nigerian Association of Zoological Gardens and Wildlife Parks (NAZAP), has expressed regret over the death of an elephant in Kwara State. In a statement signed by the secretary of the association, Dr. Kabir Ali, the association regretted the...