By Leonard Ncube, Chronicle A 53-year-old villager from Dete in Matabeleland North has appeared in court for unlawful possession of four elephant tusks. Similo Vundla of Mambanje village under Chief Nekatambe was arrested by an anti-poaching team in March. The team...
By Sello Motseta, Washington Post Botswana’s government says it still doesn’t know what caused the deaths of hundreds of elephants in recent weeks, but testing continues. Poaching and anthrax have been ruled out as the likely cause. Other possibilities being examined...
By Gerald Bwisa, Daily Nation A police officer and two other men have been arrested in Endebess, Trans Nzoia County after they were found in possession of an elephant tusk weighing 1.5 kilogrammes. The Administration Police officer, Simon Otieno Ochieng, was arrested...
By China.org.cn There is a need for African governments and conservation partners to act on emerging threats to elephants and cheetahs including pathogens, human-wildlife conflict and recurrent droughts, conservationists said on Sunday. Winnie Kiiru, senior technical...
By Rebecca Radcliffe - The Guardian Country cracking down on illegal wildlife trade after coronavirus originated in Chinese wet market Vietnamese officials sort seized pangolin scales at a port in southern Vietnam in 2019. Photograph: Vietnam News...
By Reuters GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana wildlife officials investigating a spate of unexplained elephant deaths have found no new carcasses midway through an aerial survey to try to establish the number of deaths, the environment ministry said on Wednesday. Officials...
By Alice Chen, World Atlas The world is dealing with an unbelievable spike in the illegal wildlife trade, one that in many ways threatens the past few decades of gains in conservation efforts. For instance, rhino poaching in South Africa increased from 13 to 1,004...
By Kristi King - WTOP News From schoolwork to business meetings, the idea of making connections virtually is becoming more common. And, on Wednesday, there’s a chance to experience a virtual visit with elephants in the wild live from Africa. “We are, of course, at the...
By IOL Nine members of one of Southern Africa’s most prolific wildlife trafficking gangs were sentenced to a total 56.5 years behind bars in a Malawian court on Monday. The gang were members of the Lin-Zhang syndicate and were each found guilty of at least one...
By Silja Fröhlich, DW The sun rises slowly above the horizon of the African savanna. Against its glowing light can be seen the silhouettes of an elephant family rambling through the grassland on their quest for the nearest waterhole. Impalas and zebras make their...