By Faustine Kapama, Tanzania Daily News The prosecution is in final touches of preparing essential documents for filing information to the High Court regarding the trial of 22 people, including two Burundian nationals, allegedly linked with the killing of leading...
Amid Threat of Zoonoses, World Weighs How to Address Illegal Wildlife Trade
By IISD SDG Knowledge Hub The third brief in the ‘Still Only One Earth’ series highlights that illegal wildlife trade can lead to the spread of zoonoses, such as SARS-CoV-2 that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The brief explores the effectiveness of CITES, the only...
Elephants Are In Danger Of Extinction Following ‘Widespread And Catastrophic Decline’
By Naomi Chadderton, Tyla A new study has warned that elephants could soon disappear from Africa's Ivory Coast following a "widespread and catastrophic decline" in recent years. Conservationists say that forest agricultural clearing is mainly to blame for the sharp...
The secret to peace between elephants and farmers in Mozambique? Bees
By ALISSA GREENBERG - Nova Scientists use animals’ “landscapes of fear” to set limits and reestablish balance in Gorongosa National Park, where top predators were wiped out. The elephants of Gorongosa National Park are notorious troublemakers: grain tramplers, crop...
This magnificent rescue of a family of African elephants is an example to the world
By Tracy Keeling - The Canary A group of NGOs recently carried out a rescue operation for a family of elephants in South Africa. The family was facing possible death, or culling as we often call it, due to living in a park that authorities considered was...
Alarming online wildlife trade in Asean
By Amado S. Tolentino, JR., The Manila Times Sometime in 2005, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) set up a network known as the Asean Wildlife Enforcement Network (Asean-WEN) to address its commitment to the 1973 Convention on International Trade in...
Wild elephants relocated, contracepted and tracked to better understand behaviour (South Africa)
By The Citizen The immunocontraception of female elephants are integral to controlling elephant populations, and saving them from being culled. This is HSI-Africa’s 1 041st elephant to receive non-invasive immunocontraception.A herd of wild elephants that used to call...
US government helps EPI to keep Africa’s ivory secure
By Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) We’re delighted to announce that the EPI Foundation has been awarded a further grant from the US government to help countries in Africa secure and manage their ivory stockpiles. The US State Department’s Bureau of...
Queen’s Speech to include legislation to ban the import of hunting trophies (UK)
By Andrew Woodcock - The Independent A new law to ban the import of “trophies” by wild animal hunters is to be included in the government’s legislative programme for the coming year. An Animal Welfare Bill, expected to be included in the Queen’s Speech, will...
Six arrested for wildlife crimes (Namibia)
By Ellanie Smit, The Namibian Sun WINDHOEK: Six suspects have been arrested in connection with wildlife crimes and two new cases were registered last week. Three of the suspects were arrested for elephant poaching and one suspect was arrested for rhino poaching....