By Shehzad Ali - SAMAA The authorities of the Peshawar Zoo have approached the Supreme Court seeking permission to import a pair of elephants from Zimbabwe. Justice Yahya Afridi said that the petitioners have filed an appeal against the verdict of the Peshawar High...
By CGTN Namibia is in the process of establishing a special operations unit that will include the use of horses to help curb poaching, an official said on Wednesday. According to Manie Leroux, who coordinates the K9 unit at the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and...
By Mirage News During the month-long Operation Thunder, Border Force officers at ports and airports made 178 seizures containing thousands of products regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). These included elephant tusks...
By David Stanway and Tom Brown, National Post China prosecuted more than 15,000 people for wildlife-related crimes in the first nine months of the year, up 66% from 2019, state prosecutors said, as authorities moved to enforce a trafficking ban imposed after the...
By Travel Trade Daily Wildlife Foundation (AWF) recently issued an official statement in support of ‘The Eliminate, Neutralise, and Disrupt (END) Wildlife Trafficking Act Reauthorisation,’ introduced by some US senators. The END Wildlife Trafficking Act is an...
By By Franck Bafeli - AllAfrica A suspected wildlife trafficker shall appear at the Ambam Court of First Instance on November 19, 2020 in connection with the trafficking of 626kgs of ivory. The charges were brought against him following his arrest inAmbamon October...
By Jeff Kapembwa, The Southern Times LUSAKA: Zambia is leading a push for African countries to obtain a CITES waiver that would allow them to legally export ivory stockpiles. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)...
Nica Richards - The Citizen The unit has an almost flawless success rate, and specialises in rhino protection, anti-poaching, tracking, K9 training and investigations. A select group of canines are working hard to keep endangered species safe. This prestigious...
By Xinhua NAIROBI: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has handed over the title deed for 2,000 acres that was previously donated by a research agency to facilitate the expansion of Nairobi National Park, which is home to many iconic species. Granting the park legal...
By Mbongeni Mguni - Bloomberg Green Botswana may have found a solution to its elephant overpopulation: It’s going to encourage some of them to leave the country. Botswana’s tourism industry, which accounts for a fifth of the economy, is heavily reliant on the world’s...