By The Citizen MPWAPWA: The Mpwapwa District Principal Magistrate’s Court in Dodoma Region has sentenced Pastor Sekandi Mkombola to 20 years in jail after finding him guilty of possessing government trophies and committing an economic sabotage crime. The magistrate of...
Dang Khoa, Vietnam Express Police in the northern Cao Bang Province have arrested a man for allegedly trafficking tiger skin and ivory products. They stopped Nong Van Nhan, 32, on Sunday while he was driving a car in Trung Khanh District and found three tiger...
By Cai Xuejiao, Sixth Tone A court in the southern Guangdong province has sentenced a group of 17 people to lengthy prison sentences in what has been described as the country’s “largest ivory smuggling case.” The Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court handed life...
By Namibian Broadcasting Corporation A 69-year-old male suspect was arrested on Saturday after he was allegedly found with five pieces of elephant tusks during a police search at Swakopmund.According to a crime report issued by Namibian Police Force on Sunday, the...
By Inès Magoum, Afrik21 In Benin, the managers of the Pendjari and W national parks are completing the installation of satellite collars on 25 elephants and 14 antelopes. The initiative aims to improve the protection of these species, which are threatened by poaching...
By Forces.net Soldiers from the Royal Gurkha Rifles have trained Zambian rangers in anti-poaching skills and tactics – the first UK deployment of its kind in the country. The 30-strong unit spent six weeks in Zambia, sharing soldiering skills with the rangers to help...
By Georgina Torbet - Digital Trends Everyone knows that elephants are an endangered species, with only approximately 415,000 African elephants left on the continent according to the World Wildlife Fund. But it’s difficult for ecologists to accurately monitor...
By Michael Powell - Mail on Sunday Bloodthirsty trophy-hunters are killing one animal every three minutes, a damning exposé of the industry has revealed. More than 1.7 million animals, including lions, elephants and endangered rhinos, have been slaughtered in the...
By Jane Dalton - The Independent A delay in implementing a ban on selling ivory is costing elephants’ lives, experts say, with items made of tusks still being legally sold in the UK. Auction houses and dealers are still profiting from the ivory trade...
Dina Ngouela, Vox Congo Translated from French by an automated online translation service Of Congolese nationality, these two individuals were arrested by agents of the Nkayi Water and Forests brigade and the gendarmes with the support of the PLAF project. A seized...