By Andy Gregory, The Independent Climate change could be causing animals around the world to grow larger ears, beaks and tails, according to a new study, as our heating planet forces them to rapidly “shape-shift” in order to survive. Decades of monitoring how animals...
By Lebogang Mosikare, Mmegi Online FRANCISTOWN: A tenderpreneur has pleaded with the court to be lenient when sentencing him after pleading guilty to illegal possession of an elephant tusk. When 36-year-old Gaosego Seipato of Mmadinare village admitted facts that were...
By Ellanie Smit - The Namibian Sun Namibia has confirmed that its trade in live African elephants will take place under Article III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) and that it will fully comply with its requirements. According to...
By Cheryl Tan and Syarafana Shafeeq, Straits Times Sellers of ivory products online are now being "hunted down" after a domestic ban on such items kicked in this month (September). The authorities are working with online platforms to ensure that all ivory listings are...
By The Citizen The Ministry of Tourism has mobilized Ksh.10 million for the upcoming elephant naming festival dubbed the Magical Kenya Tembo naming festival. The contributions include Ksh.3 million from the East African Breweries Limited (EABL), the Elephant...
By Xinhua Kenya on Tuesday urged its private sector to boost the country's wildlife conservation campaign. Najib Balala, cabinet secretary of Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, said that wildlife conservation is an expensive undertaking that cannot be accomplished by...
By Salamatu Jidda-Fada, This Day There were recent publications on the interception of elephant ivory (846 kg) and pangolin scales (7.1 tonnes) and claws (4.6kg), worth USD54 million (about N22 billion) in Lagos by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Information is...
By Debbie L. Sklar, Times of San Diego Criminal charges have been filed against a San Diego man accused of trafficking items made from the ivory of elephants, the San Diego City Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Stephen Shu Wang, 53, is accused of advertising...
By Kim Willsher in Paris and Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent - The Guardian Four men – three Irish and one English – said to be members of the Rathkeale Rovers gang were given prison terms. A French court has convicted eight men including members of an Irish crime...
By Wanangwa Mtawali, Nyasa Times The Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Lilongwe has set 27 September, 2021, as the day for delivering judgement against a Chinese national, Yunhua Lin, who is answering charges of money laundering and rhino horn trafficking. Lin came...