by Adam Cruise | Feb 9, 2023 | News
By Khanh Vu, Reuters HANOI: Vietnamese authorities have over the past week seized more than 600 kilograms of ivory smuggled from Africa, the government said on Monday. Trade in ivory is illegal in Vietnam but wildlife trafficking remains widespread. Other items...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 19, 2021 | News
By The New Zimbabwe Police in Bulawayo last week arrested three men after they were found in possession of five pieces of ivory. The three suspects, Leonard Murwira (48), Enock Mhlanga (62) and Pius Ntini (30) were arrested following a tip-off. Bulawayo police...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 3, 2020 | News
By Nyasha Nyaungwa, Reuters Namibia has put 170 “high value” wild elephants up for sale due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, the southern African country’s environmental ministry said on Wednesday. An advertisement carried by state-owned daily New Era...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 20, 2020 | News
By ZimEye Capt. Scott O’Grady, who has been nominated by President Donald Trump to become the next assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, killed two elephants during a 2014 hunting trip in Zimbabwe, according to documents O’Grady filed as...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 16, 2020 | News
By Naomi Chadderton, Tyla A new study has warned that elephants could soon disappear from Africa’s Ivory Coast following a “widespread and catastrophic decline” in recent years. Conservationists say that forest agricultural clearing is mainly to...
