by Adam Cruise | Jan 30, 2025 | News
By George Owiti, The Star Two police officers have been arrested while in possession of Sh4.9 million worth of ivory tusks in Athi River, Machakos county. The duo, according to police, was nabbed along the Nairobi–Mombasa highway within Kyumbi Township. The matter was...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 31, 2024 | News
By Frontiers, Phys.org In the past, African giant pouched rats have learned to detect explosives and the tuberculosis-causing pathogen. Now, a team of researchers have trained these rats to pick up the scent of pangolin scales, elephant ivory, rhino horn, and African...
by Adam Cruise | Sep 2, 2024 | News
By Steven Addamah, MedaFrica Times Mozambican police arrested this week three individuals in Maputo province while they were attempting to sell ivory tips, according to an official statement. Poaching remains a serious threat to wildlife in Mozambique, a country...
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 | Jun 10, 2024 | Commentary
Rosalie Ann Modder-Oyefeso, Enviro New Nigeria In April 2018, a group of Forest Elephants surged out of the undergrowth of Omo Forest in Ogun State and ambled across the Benin-Sagamu Expressway, bringing traffic to a standstill and killing one foolhardy passerby...
