By Voice of America HARARE, ZIMBABWE - A Zimbabwean environmental group is suing the government over purported plans to export elephants to China, which the group says has subjected the animals to unhealthful conditions. In an application to Zimbabwe's High Court,...
By Zaina Alibhai, iNews Environmentalists are calling for Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve to be stripped of its status as a World Heritage Site because it is damaging wildlife habitats. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) says the construction of the...
By Beth Nyaga, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) in Kajiado has recovered four pieces of elephant tusks hidden in a bush in Torosei area, Kajiado Central. Weighing 14 kilograms and estimated at a street value of Ksh 1.4 million, the...
By Gilbert Koech, The Star A light aircraft gets ready to soar into the skies at Mpala Research Centre, with the mission of counting Kenya’s iconic species in the first census of its kind. On board are a pilot, front seat observer and two other rear seat observers,...
By Sadiya Chowdhury, Sky News Campaigners are calling for keeping elephants in captivity to be banned in the UK. The Elephant Welfare Group has been tasked with producing evidence-based guidelines to improve the management and welfare of elephants in the UK. However,...
By NICOLE GLENNON - The Irish Examiner Elephant tusks have been recovered from what is believed to be a slave ship off the coast of Dingle. The tusks were pulled in by the Cu Na Mara trawler about 120 miles west of Dingle. “When they were trawling for prawns they...
By Peter Muiruri, The Standard Geoffrey Gikonyo lives in a small village on the slopes of Mount Kenya. He is 66 but looks much older. He speaks with a slight stammer, especially after taking a beer or two. Our meeting has been several months in the making but Gikonyo...
By Punch Wildlife Conservation Society has called for protection of Nigeria’s remaining elephants to save them from extinction. Country Director, WCS, Mr. Andrew Dunn, made the call in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos. Dunn...
By Emily Beament, The Evening Standard Conflict between people and wild animals is one of the main threats to the survival of some of the world’s most iconic species, a report has warned. Human-wildlife conflict is a development and humanitarian issue as well as a...
By CBS News RISA, KENYA: Kenya's Amboseli National Park is home to an abundance of wildlife. It's one of the best places in Africa to see herds of elephants up close. The area is also home to the Maasai people, one of the few African tribes to have retained its...