By South Wales Argus Elephants on the move pay close attention to scent trails of dung and urine left by other elephants, a study suggests. Researchers monitored well-used pathways and discovered that wild African savannah elephants – especially those travelling alone...
By Angop via AllAfrica The National Police in Huila arrested last weekend a Vietnamese national suspected of trafficking ivory, having been caught with 20 kilograms of the prohibited trade product. He was arrested at the Chibemba police post, in Gambos municipality,...
By Xinhua A Tanzanian government senior official on Monday urged farmers living close to wildlife protected areas to fence their farms with chili peppers that will help keep stray elephants away. Mary Masanja, the deputy minister for Natural Resources and Tourism,...
By Daniel T Cross, Sustainability Times Africa is a vast continent with plenty of space, yet the continent’s burgeoning human populations have been encroaching on wildlife-rich areas. Iconic animals like elephants and lions have been suffering the consequences, facing...
By Daiji World Tanzanian authorities have issued a warning to villages adjacent to the Nyerere National Park saying that at least 200 elephants have strayed. In a statement on Sunday, Damas Ndumbaro, the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, said the elephants...
By Ellanie Smitt, The Namibian Sun There is still no news about the auction of 170 elephants from Namibia, despite government already having received five bids from various buyers.The environment ministry aims to generate at least N$13 million from the sale of the...
By The Independent She’s living the life of an orphan, her family a long distant memory. The closest bond that she has with any other animal is a sheep. Nania, a critically endangered forest elephant, became separated from her herd when she was only three months old,...
By Laurel Neme and Jeffrey Barbee - National Geographic ReconAfrica, a Canadian company exploring for oil and gas upstream of one of Africa’s most lush and wildlife-rich habitats, may have fraudulently misled investors by misrepresenting its work on the project,...
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick t’s a huge victory for animal welfare campaigners as the UK moves to halt cruelty to domestic and wild creatures. The UK has tabled a raft of legislation to declare animals as sentient, halt most live exports, ban ivory and shark fin...
By Wildlife Conservation Society, SciTech Daily A team of scientists compared methodologies to count African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis), which were recently acknowledged by IUCN as a separate, Critically Endangered species from African savannah elephants....