by Adam Cruise | Mar 5, 2022 | News
By Philani Nombembe – TimesLive A Zimbabwean has been fined R10,000 in Cape Town for unlawful possession of ivory. Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said Cosmus Ziwande, 38, was sentenced in the Cape Town magistrate’s court on Thursday. Ziwande, who is serving...
by Adam Cruise | May 2, 2021 | News
By Nancy Agutu, The Star Kenya Wildlife Service has arrested a suspected poacher in possession of an elephant tusk at Elerai area in Tsavo West National Park. The tusk is suspected to be one of the two extracted from an elephant which was killed at Losoito in Tsavo...
by Adam Cruise | Jul 16, 2019 | News
By The Independent Online CAPE TOWN: Two people were released on R5 000 bail each after appearing in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges related to four elephant tusks found in the trunk of the vehicle they were travelling in last week. In a...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 27, 2019 | News
Simon Denyer, The Washington Post TOKYO: The best ivory for carving a hanko, or a personal seal, comes from the center of the tusk. That is where the ivory is firm and flawless, says Hideki Arami, a third-generation hanko carver who has a small shop in Tokyo’s...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 11, 2019 | News
Chris Morris, Commentary / Mongabay On April 11, Chief Magistrate Francis Kyambia is set to make judgement in a Mombasa, Kenya court on the ivory trafficking prosecution against Ephantus Mbare Gitonga. A not-guilty verdict, if rendered, will be the fourth consecutive...