By Nancy Agutu, The Star Kenya Wildlife Service has arrested a suspected poacher in possession of an elephant tusk at Elerai area in Tsavo West National Park. The tusk is suspected to be one of the two extracted from an elephant which was killed at Losoito in Tsavo...
By Ellanie Smit, The Namibian Sun WINDHOEK: Six suspects have been arrested in connection with wildlife crimes in six separate cases from 18 April to 25 April, while 10 illegal wildlife products were confiscated. On 18 April, Smith Kangambe was arrested at Menias...
By Zainul Dawood - Independent Online The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment is expected to release its High Level Panel report on the management, breeding, hunting, trade and handling of elephants, lions, leopards and rhinoceros on Sunday,...
By Phys.org Elephants face extinction in Ivory Coast where they are a national emblem, with numbers decreasing by half in the past 30 years, the country's water and foresty ministry said Wednesday. Blaming the decline on deforestation and poaching, a top official at...
By Andres Schipani, Financial Times Twelve park rangers in olive green fatigues put down their rifles as they listen to a training session about the latest version of a smartphone app. They are sitting beneath a tree in a conservation area that covers almost 50,000...
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...