By Mohamed Daghar, Daily Maverick sia’s massive appetite for Africa’s wildlife has sustained a profitable international smuggling business, despite lockdowns. Measures to help curb the spread of Covid-19 in Uganda – such as restrictions on movement – apparently...
By Elizabeth Claire Alberts - Mongabay A new study finds that ivory is still being regularly traded on eBay, despite the e-commerce site prohibiting this kind of trade.The study focused on the online trade of miniature Japanese sculptures called netsuke, which are...
By The Polokwane Review POLOKWANE: The police on Friday arrested three suspects for possession of elephant tusks worth over R100,000. The suspects were arrested at a local mall during an undercover operation which was conducted by the police together with the...
By Jane Dalton - The Independent China and the world’s wildlife trade watchdog are facing legal questions over the regular trade in endangered wildlife for zoos in the country. Lawyers have submitted a complaint to the trade regulator, accusing the country of...
By Ashoka Mukpo - Mongabay ncreased political buy-in for law enforcement and interdiction efforts at ports in East Africa have pushed wildlife smuggling westward to Nigeria.Between 1998 and 2014, the top two countries associated with ivory seizures were Tanzania and...
By Ellanie Smit - The Namibian Sun WINDHOEK: With only a week left until the bidding process closes for the sale of 170 of Namibia’s elephants, opposition is mounting, with thousands that have already signed online petitions calling for the sale to be cancelled....
By Andrea Sachs - The Washington Post Six days a week, the members of Team Lioness rise at 5 a.m. and head off to work near Amboseli National Park in Kenya. In the dry and dusty savannah, the women are rarer than the elephants, zebra, giraffes and lions that roam the...
By Michelle Roodt, The Randfontein Herald The Randfontein Police working under the West Rand District Police together with the West Rand K9 unit arrested four male suspects for illegal possession of ivory on Friday, 15 January. According to Captain Mavela Masondo,...
By Victor Gbonegun, The Guardian Nigeria’s conservationists have expressed concerns that the growing appetite for bushmeat among urban residents in Nigeria and surrounding countries threatens the wildlife population and increases the risk of zoonotic disease...
By The New Zimbabwe Police in Bulawayo last week arrested three men after they were found in possession of five pieces of ivory. The three suspects, Leonard Murwira (48), Enock Mhlanga (62) and Pius Ntini (30) were arrested following a tip-off. Bulawayo police...