By Louise Boyle, The Independent A global wildlife emergency is developing in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The Independent recently revealed the potential scale of the crisis after tourism collapsed and philanthropic donations plummeted, impacting the...
By Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times In mid-December, Aaron Raby shot and killed an elephant. Hours later, he had a piece of it for dinner, with a side of sliced tomato and avocado. A self-described “blue-collar” Los Angeles crane operator, Raby paid more than $30,000...
By Sarah Hudleston, IOL Earlier this month, Niger and Burkino Faso presented CITES with a new report that detailed Zimbabwe’s gross violation of a COP18 resolution, by its capture and sale of 32 very young, not fully weaned elephants to China in October last year. The...
By Dorine Reinstein - Travel Weekly The Covid pandemic has seen conservation revenue streams and resources dry up in a matter of weeks. Some of the most prominent conservation agencies and protected areas are currently at risk of closing their doors, and the...
By Andrew Kasuku, The Star A fugitive on the wanted list for poaching and narcotics trafficking in the US has been nabbed by International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) at Mombasa's Moi International Airport. Abubakar Mohamed Sarur alais Mansur was nabbed by...
By Soth Koemsoeun, The Phnom Penh Post The Forestry Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries conducted vocational training for 25 officials on Tuesday to improve their knowledge of ivory management and storage. The purpose was for...
By Global Times 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 kilograms...
By Brian Benza, Reuters Preliminary tests to explain the reason for hundreds of mysterious elephant deaths in Botswana point to a naturally occurring toxin as a probable cause, a senior wildlife official told Reuters. It was highly unlikely that an infectious disease...
By Arjun Neil Alim, The Independent Across Mozambique’s national parks, the Land Rovers are parked, the ecolodges are unoccupied and the sprawling reserves lie empty of visitors. Yet in these areas of outstanding national beauty and biodiversity, rangers remain on...
By Monica Villamizar - PBS NewsHour Transcript: Judy Woodruff:The Congo Basin rainforest is the second largest on earth, home to unique biodiversity.But even its remoteness cannot protect wildlife like gorillas and elephants from the threat of extinction from...