On November 9, 2020, the Franz Weber Foundation and 14 other nature and animal protection organizations called on the EU to finally close its internal market for ivory by deleting the exceptions currently granted in the law. The European Commission is expected to...
By ZimEye Capt. Scott O’Grady, who has been nominated by President Donald Trump to become the next assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, killed two elephants during a 2014 hunting trip in Zimbabwe, according to documents O’Grady filed as...
By Arlana Shikongo, The Namibian Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta says Namibia's tolerance towards the ongoing ban on ivory trade is being severely tested. Shifeta said this during a keynote address at the opening of the national elephant conservation and...
Nica Richards, The Citizen Three years’ worth of efforts to save “problem” elephant, Riff Raff, have ended in tragedy. Riff Raff was notorious for trampling fences erected through his range, but a decision was recently made to “humanely destroy him”. One...
By John Paul Tasker · CBC News Manitoba senator to introduce legislation to curb captivity, ban elephant 'trophies' World-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall is joining forces with Manitoba Sen. Murray Sinclair to press Canada to adopt a more ambitious animal...
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...