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Elephants pay the price for politics
Photo credit: ISS Today Are Southern African governments allowing resentment against perceived...
Could YouTube help save the Pangolin?
View the film trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2QKPJC0CQY Eye of the Pangolin, the...
Tiger farms in Laos fuel demand for tiger parts on black market
THA BAK, Laos — He was up there somewhere, at the top of the hill, the man Karl Ammann had...
Wildebeest migrations in East Africa face extinction. What must be done
White-bearded wildebeest migrate through the Mara. Jane Rix/Shutterstock Joseph Ogutu, University...
How a South African hunting resort opened a window to Saudi crown prince’s business empire
An investigation that began with an obscure Limpopo game farm has uncovered a shadowy...
From Australia to Africa, fences are stopping Earth’s great animal migrations
Wildebeest crossing the Mara River in Tanzania during their annual mass migration. Jane...
The big cat con: Inside Africa’s shocking battery farms for lions
Some ranches are effectively battery farms CREDIT: FERGUS THOMAS he growing...
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Bloc adopts scientific wildlife management system (African Kavango-Zambezi Trans-Frontier Conservation Area [KAZA-TFCA] countries)
Minister Priscah Mupfumira Kavango-Zambezi Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA-TFCA) countries...
Kenya on the brink of acquitting ivory trafficker number four
On April 11, Chief Magistrate Francis Kyambia is set to make judgement in a Mombasa, Kenya court...
Government decides to slaughter 25 elephants in Mozambique
The Government of Philip Nyusi, which has as one of its priorities "Ensuring the Sustainable and...
Japan’s new rules for curbing ivory trade won’t work, many experts say
Starting July 1, anyone in Japan who wishes to register and sell a whole elephant tusk must first...
The massacre of nature’s ‘architects’
This encyclopaedic book sends out a powerful message to give elephants the highest protection...
People are taking a huge toll on the plains of the Serengeti-Mara
The Serengeti-Mara ecosystem is home to the famous wildebeest migration. Susan...
Stay of execution for Riff Raff… for now
The life of an elephant that faces being shot for being a 'nuisance' is hanging in the balance as...
Namibia’s Environment Minister rejects criticism over trophy hunting
Namibia's current and Kenya's former ministers for environment engaged in a lively discussion...
Uganda travel and trafficking
Sub-Saharan Africa has enormous tourism potential: leopards lounging in acacia trees, elephant...
PES Lawyers demand transparency on the export of Wildlife (Zimbabwe)
A local environmental and wildlife organisation People and Earth Solidarity Law Network (PES...
Japan to tighten controls on ivory market amid international criticism
"By shutting down the movement of ivory of unknown origin, the domestic market is moving closer to...