by Adam Cruise | Sep 23, 2024 | News
By Cyrus Ombati, The Star Three suspects were Friday, September 20 arrested with 85.7 kilos of elephant tusks worth Sh8 million along Garsen-Witu Road in Tana River County.The three included a woman and were carrying two elephant tusks that had been chopped into...
by Adam Cruise | Sep 2, 2024 | News
By Jarryd Westerdale, The Citizen Two suspects have been arrested after a poaching raid in Phalaborwa, in Limpopo. The investigation, which has been ongoing for several years, into alleged money laundering and poaching activities culminated in the detainment of a...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 13, 2024 | News
By Oladehinde Oladipo, Business Day A new report by the Wild Africa Fund revealed a catastrophic decline in Nigeria’s elephant population. Over the past three decades, the country has lost 73 per cent of its elephants, leaving a mere 300 to 400 individuals remaining....
by Adam Cruise | Aug 12, 2024 | News
By Dr Adam Cruise – The Bateleurs The wave of elephant poaching over the past two decades appears to have substantially subsided while prices of ivory have collapsed, but there remain serious threats to some elephant populations. We honour World Elephant Day...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 8, 2024 | News
By Temwani Mgunda, Dialogue Earth Tackling nature crime in Africa – and globally – is a major challenge. A big factor is that many of these are cross-border crimes, which need the kind of international cooperation and information sharing that is scarce. The Nature...