by Adam Cruise | Jan 12, 2023 | Commentary
By Timothy Kuiper & Eleanor Jane Milner-Gulland – The Conversation It’s a grim and all too common sight for rangers at some of Africa’s nature reserves: the bullet-riddled carcass of an elephant, its tusks removed by poachers. African elephant populations...
by Adam Cruise | Jun 24, 2020 | Commentary
By Dr Adam Cruise – University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Elephant poaching throughout Africa is not declining. This is according to the latest scientific analysis by Elephants Without Borders (EWB) in collaboration with researchers at the University of...
by Adam Cruise | May 31, 2019 | News
By Rhian Lubin and Rowan Griffiths, The Mirror Poachers kill around 20,000 African elephants a year and there was a surge of 9,000% in rhino poaching in South Africa between 2007 and 2014 The elephant has been shot and is slumped on its knees, ears still intact but a...