By Gabriel Olawale - Vanguard WildAid and the Nigerian Conservation Foundation have expressed great concern over increasing illegal wildlife trade in Nigeria which has led to a drastic decline in wildlife species over the past 50 years, noting that this illegal...
By Andrew Kasuku, The Star At 10.10pm, as we are sleeping on a wooden bed with a coastal mat known as ‘mkeka’ for a mattress in a camp house in the middle of a forest, a lion roars. A few more roars, which are then replaced by sounds of frogs from a nearby swampy...
By Arlana Shikongo, The Namibian Proceeds from the planned auction of 170 elephants from Namibia will be deposited into the Game Products Trust Fund (GPTF) for use on wildlife conservation and rural development projects. This is according to the executive director in...
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick Specialists from around the world have petitioned Environment Minister Barbara Creecy to release into a sanctuary a Pretoria Zoo elephant bereaved by the loss of partners and offspring and showing signs of stress. Charlie leans against...
By Clifton Movirongo, Namibia Economist The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) has said that more resources have been allocated to fighting poaching with the aid of more government agencies, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and...
By Dave Kovaleski - Homeland Preparedness News A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced a bill that seeks to shut down international commercial wildlife markets. The Preventing Future Pandemics Act would direct the State Department to work with international...
By The Citizen A senior cop from the Rift Valley Regional Police headquarters is among three suspects who were arrested for ivory possession. Senior Sergeant Charles Kandagor Kipkulei and two other suspects were intercepted on Monday night following an anonymous...
By Ronald Musoke, The Independent Hundreds of elephants moving from Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park to the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have caused excitement in Virunga and nonchalant surprise in Uganda. At the last...
By Timothy Choon, The Jakarta Post Despite being the fourth most lucrative trade globally, illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is often overshadowed by more prominent criminal ventures, such as drug trafficking and arms dealing. It is estimated that US$26 billion is...
By Tracy Keeling - The Canary Hundreds of elephants in Botswana dropped dead, quite literally, in 2020. Following a highly criticised investigation into the mass mortality event, the government announced that water-based toxins caused the...