By Julian Kossoff , Business Insider US Almost 400 elephants have dropped dead in Botswana since early May. Nobody knows why.Tests ordered by Botswana's government in laboratories in South Africa and Zimbabwe have proved inconclusive.Pesticides,...
4 in court over hippo teeth, ivory (Zambia)
By Chomba Musika, Zambia Daily Mail A former banker, a student and two other men have been taken to court after allegedly being in possession of over 100 kilogrammes of elephant ivory and two pieces of hippo teeth without legal documentation.The accused are Mulemwa...
Tanzania: Five Poachers ‘Share’ 60-180 Year Jail Term
By Tanzania Daily News Via AllAfrica Manyoni District Court has sentenced five poachers to jail terms ranging between 60 and 180 years for their role in poaching activities within Chamwino District, Dodoma City and Manyoni District in Singida Region. They are Jonathan...
Botswana Rules out Pesticides and Pathogens as Cause for Elephant Deaths
By Antony Sguazzin - Bloomberg A mystery over what killed hundreds of elephants in Botswana, which has the world’s biggest population of the animals, remains unsolved with the government ruling out pesticides, agrochemicals and pathogens as possible reasons for their...
Tanzania: Poachers Awarded 40yrs in Jail for Illegal Possession of Trophies
By Faustine Kapama - Tanzania Daily News MANYONI District Court at Manyoni in Singida region has sentenced two poachers to a total of 40 years imprisonment each for unlawful dealing in and possession of six elephant tusks, which are government trophies, obtained from...
Trio who tried to sell an elephant tusk arrested (South Africa)
By AlgoaFM The Hawks Wildlife Trafficking team in Gauteng have arrested three suspects who were found in the possession of an elephant tusk earlier this week.Spokesperson, Colonel Katlego Mogale, says the arrest followed after a sting operation in which the men were...
Europe’s double-standards on saving elephants
By Rosie Awori - The Independent The EU’s new Green Deal strategy offers ‘guidance’ to African countries but does nothing to stop Europe’s own ivory market. As part of its plans to be the first net zero emissions, zero pollution continent by 2050, the EU published its...
Notes from the field: Rewilding elephants, protection protocol, revitalizing grasslands
By Kiley Price - Conservation international Though news headlines about the state of the planet may seem bleak, they don’t always capture the whole story. Right now, around the world, the work of protecting nature and the climate is happening in the field — and...
Namibia loses 17 rhinos, 2 elephants to poaching since January
By Xinhua WINDHOEK, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Namibia has lost 17 rhinos and two elephants to poaching since the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism said Tuesday. Ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda said the country is winning the fight...
Wildlife watchdog told to take action after report finds Zimbabwe’s baby elephants sale violated rules
By Tracy Keeling - The Canary Zimbabwe loaded 32 baby elephants onto a China-bound plane in October 2019. It had sold off the young animals, who it had separated from their wild families a year earlier, to an unnatural and torturous life in zoos. Zimbabwe authorities...