Ellanie Smit, The Namibian Sun WINDHOEK: Police yesterday confirmed they have charged journalist John Grobler and Nrupesh Soni, the founder and owner of Namibia Travel and Tourism Forum, for trespassing. The pair on Saturday afternoon flew a drone over a farm in...
By Clause Masika, The Star A man was yesterday arraigned in a Kibera court for trying to sell two elephant tusks valued at Sh300,000 to undercover police officers. Jesse Mwangi Karanja was arraigned before senior resident magistrate Renee Kitagwa. According to...
By Ellanie Smit, The Namibian Sun Two of three successful bidders in the auction of 170 elephants have finally been made public by the environment ministry, but it remains tight-lipped about the destinations the elephants will be exported to.Gerrie Odendaal of GoHunt...
By Dina Fine Maron, National Geographic Namibia is in the process of capturing 57 wild elephants sold last year at auction, according to a statement today from the country’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism. To the consternation of environmental groups...
By Ashley Strickland, CNN African elephants have drastically dwindled as targets of the illegal ivory trade, but the DNA contained within their tusks is pointing to the very criminal networks that poached them. Researchers used genetic testing on ivory shipments...
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...