By Shehzad Ali & Zulqarnain Iqbal, Samaa News The Peshawar Zoo is fighting the federal government in court over permission to import two elephants from Zimbabwe. The matter reached the highest court in the land with the Supreme Court asking the federal...
By Martyn Landi, The Irish Examiner TikTok has joined an online campaign fronted by wildlife protection organisations aiming to reduce the trafficking of animals on the internet. The video-sharing platform has been added to the Coalition to End Wildlife Tracking...
By Tanzania Daily News Four people appeared before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam on Monday, charged with dealing in and unlawful possession of four pieces of elephant tusks and one leopard skin, which are government trophies, valued at over...
By John Harvey - Sunday Times Book Review: It's Not About The Bats by Adam Cruise In early February, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts on a fact-finding mission to Wuhan in China announced it was “highly unlikely” the novel coronavirus had originated in a...
By The Namibia Economist After months of protests and campaigning, youth climate activists in Namibia are urging the public to send an email to the President H.E. Dr. Hage G. Geingob to save the Okavango Delta from the threat of oil exploration in the environmentally...
By Victoria Gill - Science correspondent, BBC News The ivory trade, loss of vital habitat and a deeper understanding of elephant biology have all combined to reveal a previously underestimated threat to Africa's elephants. African forest elephants are now critically...
By Kerry Reals, FlightGlobal Global wildlife trafficking has risen to become one of the largest organised crimes in the world, and airlines are unwitting accomplices. As the global air transport network expands, so do opportunities for traffickers to ship illegal...
By Lilian Wamathai, Kenyans A photo of a British soldier admitting to killing the elephants has caused an uproar on social media after it made rounds both in Kenya and in the UK. "Two months in Kenya later and we've only got eight days left. Been good, caused a fire,...
By Patrick Greenfield - The Guardian From their ears, tusks and legs to their family lifestyles and habitats, here are the key differences. There are now three recognised species of elephant – the Asian elephant, the African savanna elephant and the African forest...
By Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor African nations step up pressure on Tokyo Government to close ivory market ahead of March 29 government meeting. Letters from four African nations have been sent to the Governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike, pleading to protect elephants from...