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...
By Pineville Voice East China‘s Jiangsu Province on Tuesday cracked down on its largest case of smuggled ivory, in which the smuggler was sentenced to 11-and-a-half years in prison, and assets worth 500,000 yuan ($71,000) were confiscated for smuggling over 560...
By Rosie Gordon, News Hub Small amounts of ivory on a historical cabinet are causing big problems for an antique collector. The item's been seized at the border after being shipped here from the UK. And the hold-up's also prompting calls for change. A rare, historic...
By Pindula News The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority(ZimParks) has confirmed that 11 elephants were found dead yesterday(Friday) at Pandamasue Forest, New Ziana reports. ZimParks Spokesperson Tinashe Farawo said the authorities were concluding...
By Harry Cockburn - The Independent Notorious poaching expedition leader was accused of killing 500 elephants and trafficking ivory. A poacher who may have killed over 500 elephants since 2008 has been jailed for 30 years in the Republic of Congo....
By Lugeretzia Kooper, The Namibian Police in Zambezi region confiscated one elephant tusk and 81 pangolin scales on Sunday at Liselo roadblock and arrested one Zambian suspect. A twenty-year-old Zambian man was arrested on Sunday in the Zambezi region after he was...