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...
By Emma Ledger - The Independent We are working with conservation charity Space for Giants to protect wildlife at risk from poachers due to the conservation funding crisis caused by Covid-19. Help is desperately needed to support wildlife rangers, local communities...
By South Coast Herald The introduction of this new bull will not only strengthen the reserve offering since eco-tourism has been earmarked as an important vehicle for economic growth in the country. In a historic translocation in 2016, Somkhanda Community Game Reserve...
By Boris Ngounou, Afrik 21 Five alleged ivory traffickers meditate on their fate at the civil prison in Lomé, Togo. They were arrested on October 13th, 2020 in flagrante delicto for the illegal possession and marketing of three elephant tusks. They face a prison...
By Emma Ledger, The Independent Until an illegal wildlife trade report was published in May 2015, Malawi’s role in one of the world’s largest transnational organised crimes was largely unknown. The landlocked southeast African nation – bordered by countries with large...
By Matthew Murray, BBC "We've gone 12 months without an elephant being shot and killed by poachers at Mana Pools National Park, which is a huge result." For Nick Murray, a conservationist born in Pontypridd, this result has followed years of hard work. Nick now runs a...