By GERMAN PRESS AGENCY - DPA In what is sure to draw the ire of conservationists worldwide, Botswana will auction off licenses for local and international hunters to hunt 83 elephants, a senior official confirmed Monday. This would be the second auction of elephant...
By Eino Vatileni - The Namibian A 71-YEAR-OLD man was arrested after allegedly being found in possession of four elephant tusks on Thursday. According to the police, the man was arrested at Nonidas River Plots at Swakopmund.It is alleged that the suspect attempted to...
By Kaunga Maulid, Tanzania Daily News / All Africa The Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday re-sentenced "Queen of Ivory," Chinese Yang Feng Clan and two Tanzanians to 15 years imprisonment each for leading organized crime on 860 pieces of elephant tusks,...
By Jane Dalton - The Independent MPs and conservationists are pressuring the government to fast-track a ban on imports from trophy-hunting of endangered species, fearing a backlog of legislation caused by Covid-19 could delay the move for years. Backing a private...
By Osaretin Osadebamwen, The Nigerian Tribune Firms across eighty-nine industries in twenty-four states of the federal were closed up for violating environmental guidelines in Nigeria. The Director-General National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement...
By Lesley Kruger, News AKMI Early in August, movement in a remote part of Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve woke a sleeping trail camera. In seconds a processor chip took four photos, ran an artificial intelligence program that recognized a human shape and sent the...
By Caitlin Looby - MongaBay The Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online has removed more than 11 million posts linked to the wildlife trade on platforms ranging from Facebook to eBay to Alibaba since it was established in 2018.But as more tech companies join the...
By Benoit-Ivan Wansi - Afrik21 Eight elephants in the Lobéké National Park in eastern Cameroon have been shot. Cameroonian authorities report having arrested individuals involved in the trade of elephant tusks. As a result, new security measures were taken to...
By Gilbert Koech, The Star Save the Elephants, a conservation NGO, has developed an app that is changing the way researchers and conservationists protect wildlife. CEO Frank Pope said the app has already been adopted by Kenya Wildlife Service and Northern Rangelands...
By Byegon Alfric and Dominic Cheres, Kenya News Agency Elephant Neighbour Centre (ENC) will plant over 4,000 tree seedlings in Kericho County as they commemorate the Great North Rift Elephant Campaign Walk, Kericho East Deputy County Commissioner, Stephen Orinde, has...