By Neil Vigdor - The New York Times The footage was taken during a 2013 hunting trip in Botswana for an N.R.A.-sponsored television series, but it never aired. It was obtained by The Trace and The New Yorker. The emergence of a video showing Wayne LaPierre, the...
By Scoop Media An international elephant saving organisation led by a part-time Kiwi is launching the first world female ranger day to help stop the annual poaching and killing of 35,000 African elephants. The charity How Many Elephants, will promote the World...
By Michael Oduor - Africa News An avocado firm located in Kenya’s biggest game park has lost a bid to have its license renewed, a blow to its operations deemed to interfere with the wildlife. The Kenya National Environmental Tribunal suspended Kiliavo Fresh's license...
By Arlana Shikongo, The Namibian Interested and affected parties in the oil exploration activities in the Okavango Basin are deeply concerned about the impacts of potential 2D seismic surveying to be undertaken in the area on wildlife, particularly elephants....
By Robert Tapfumaneyi, New Zimbabwe The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has called on government to rescind its decision to open the country to trophy hunters with over 500 elephants to be placed under its hunting quota. The lobby group has advised the...
By Arlana Shikongo, The Namibian The planned shooting of a rogue collared elephant said to be causing havoc on farms between Otjiwarongo and Otavi has caused an uproar among some environmental groups and conservationists. The uproar has been caused by the government's...
By Ghana Web A large herd of elephants were on Saturday, April 17, 2021, seen crossing the Bolgatanga-Bawku road, sparking joy among the people living close to the area.The elephants are part of a transnational migrating elephant population that shift at will between...
By MongaBay The $3.5 billion heated oil pipeline will connect oil fields in the Lake Albert basin in western Uganda to the port of Tanga on the Tanzanian coast.Developed by French oil major Total and Chinese state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation, the...
By Xinhua Botswana's sweltering daily temperatures often find Botshelo Sesinyi searching perilous bushes for elephant dung. "I need at least 50 kg of elephant dung per month just to produce paper. This depends on orders placed by our customers," says Sesinyi, founder...
By New Zimbabwe A Dete man has been arrested after being found with seven elephant tusks. ZimParks rangers ambushed Delight Moyo of Dopota village after getting a tip-off by a ranger Phinos Mudenda that some people were in possession of ivory. In a statement, police...