By Danielle Paquette - The Washington Post OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The land used to be a tourist magnet, a haven for elephants and lions. Now park officials in the West African nation of Burkina Faso say extremists have turned wildlife reserves into a battlefield,...
By PETERSON GITHAIGA - The Standard Police in Kitengela are holding two suspects found in possession of five elephant trophies.The two were arrested at a hotel as they prepare to hand over the consignment to the buyer.According to Kajiado County Commander...
By EYDER PERALTA - WFAE 90,7 STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Amid all the other news we're covering, we have news of a baby boom of elephants. Amboseli National Park in Kenya has welcomed at least 170 new elephant babies this year. Think of the baby showers. NPR's Eyder Peralta...
By WTOP News An elephant named Hamed by residents in a southern region of Ivory Coast has been captured and relocated to the zoo in Abidjan as he awaits transfer to a park where authorities hope he will have non-human company instead. Authorities are catching and...
By Xinhua Security officers in the northwestern Kenya town of Kitale on Thursday arrested a poacher in possession of 14 kilograms of elephant tusks with a market value of 1.4 million shillings (about 14,000 U.S dollars). Local police commander Ayub Gitonga said the...
Gemma Price and Diana Diroy, CNN Travel Packing her bags to go home for the first time in over four months, Maasai ranger Purity Lakara -- who patrols lands in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, known for its free-roaming elephants and views of Mount Kilimanjaro -- is...
By Phoenix Sun More than 45, 000 people reacted to Dear SA’s campaign inviting comment on draft legislation allowing meat from endangered species to be added to the list of animals allowed to be slaughtered, consumed and traded. The overwhelming majority of those...
By Nkosilathi Sibanda, The Zimbabwe Daily Zimbabwe's conservation efforts have received a boost after a leading tourism concern, Africa Albida Tourism (AAT) has been chosen to be the country’s representative in a US$6 million fundraising initiative for conservation....
By Nkosilathi Sibanda, The Zimbabwe Daily The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority (ZimParks) has said it has burnt all the 22 elephant carcasses that were discovered at Hwange National Park to avoid disease transfer to humans and livestock. The cause of...
By Hagay Hacohen, The Jerusalem Post Aaron Raby of Los Angeles will no longer be able to use El Al to fly home his hunting trophies from the remains of an elephant he killed legally in South Africa after a US NGO appealed to the airline to halt the practice, an...