By 1News Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage announced a plan today to ban the sale of elephant ivory in New Zealand, with some exemptions. The ban would come by amending the Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989, which will also “improve the regulatory system at the...
By Reuters HARARE — Zimbabwe's government has banned mining in game reserves following concerns from conservationists who accused two Chinese companies of exploring for coal in the biggest national park, Hwange. Hwange, in western Zimbabwe, is home to the country's...
By Jonathan Watts - The Guardian Two companies granted permission to clear land at Hwange national park, home to cheetahs, elephants and rhinos. Rhinos, giraffes, cheetahs and other endangered species face a new threat in Zimbabwe’s Hwange national park: Chinese...
By Rachel Fobar - National Geographic As the coronavirus has heightened public awareness about disease transmission between animals and humans, some experts are warning about the risks of tuberculosis in captive U.S. elephants. SHORTLY AFTER AN emaciated captive...
By Mike Mwenda - LifeGate The South African government wants to change the Meat Safety Act, allowing for threatened species such as elephants and rhinos to be consumed as food. The government in South Africa is being criticised by animal rights groups for...
By Tawanda Karombo, Quartz Zimbabwe is risking the environment and wildlife in its biggest game park after the government, already battling to explain the deaths of 22 elephants, granted coal mining concessions to several Chinese companies in the Hwange National Park....
By Phoebe Weston - The Guardian Hundreds of animals perished in Botswana and new deaths are reported in Zimbabwe – now scientists are trying to find the cause. arlier this year, more than 350 elephants mysteriously died in the Okavango delta in Botswana....
By Farai Mutsaka, The Washington Post The number of elephants dying in western Zimbabwe from a suspected bacterial infection, possibly from eating poisonous plants, has risen to 22, and “more deaths are expected,” a spokesman for the country’s parks agency said...
By Mqondisi Dube, VOA Botswana says a string of mysterious elephant deaths has come to a halt since June, after at least 281 carcasses were found. Experts in the southern African country, with the world's largest elephant population, said there were no signs of...
By MSN Twelve elephant calves found dead near a famed Zimbabwean game reserve died from a bacterial infection, wildlife authorities said Tuesday.The pachyderms were discovered late last week in Zimbabwe's northern Pandamasuwe forest, tucked between Hwange National...