By Emma Ledger, The Independent Wild animals are being shipped out of Africa to China under the guise of being transferred to zoos when in reality they are entering the illegal wildlife trade, The Independent can reveal. The director of conservation group Ban Animal...
By Jeffrey Barbee & Laurel Neme, National Geographic JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Conservationists and community leaders in the spectacular Okavango wilderness region of Namibia and Botswana are raising alarms over oil and gas exploration and potential production...
By Ingrid Gercama, Nathalie Bertrams - Mongabay The rainforest of Lopé National Park in central Gabon is one of the last safe havens for the endangered forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis). But in a new study in Science, researchers warn that elephants...
By Chinedum Uwaegbulam - The Guardian, Nigeria Hundreds of elephants have found their way back to the North East at the risk of Boko Haram insurgents and potential conflict with the agrarian villagers. The mammals, numbering 250, earlier showed face last December,...
By Tatiana Rokou - Travel Daily News Luxury Botswana safari operator Desert & Delta Safaris announce that they have doubled their initial target of $10,000 and raised an incredible amount of $20,000 for Elephants Without Borders, more than doubling...
By Kenya Broadcasting Corporation Police have arrested three suspected poachers and seized 48 kilograms of ivory estimated at Ksh 4.8 million in Trans Nzoia County. Trans Nzoia County Police commander Fredrick Ochieng said the arrest followed from a tip-off from...
By The Economist “All of these bulls will have AK-47 bullets in them,” says Leon Lamprecht. From his porch the manager of Zakouma National Park, in southern Chad, has quite a view. A dozen or so elephants slosh around in muddy puddles. These days they are safe. But...
By Jane Dalton - The Indpendent Officials face pressure to stop dragging their feet, in drive to save animal from extinction EU commissioners are under pressure to close Europe’s legal ivory trade, which is a major threat to elephants. The EU is the...
By CNA HONG KONG: Hong Kong is thriving as a transnational wildlife smuggling hub because its laws are not strong enough to tackle organised crime running the lucrative trade, researchers said Friday (Oct 23). With its busy port and transport links, the...
By CGTN Cameroon customs have seized 626 kg of smuggled ivory, amounting to 118 elephant tusks during an operation in Ambam, a subdivision in South region, officials said on Thursday. The recovery indicated, about 59 elephants had been killed amid reports the smuggler...