A REPORT BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY Contrary to what the governments of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe have suggested ahead of the...
US to support Zimbabwe’s trade in baby elephants
US zoos now plan to import baby elephants from Zimbabwe, undeterred by the international furore over their 2016 import of 18 wild elephants from Swaziland. The US Association of...
PES Lawyers demand transparency on the export of Wildlife (Zimbabwe)
A local environmental and wildlife organisation People and Earth Solidarity Law Network (PES Lawyers) together with six others in Zimbabwe, have petitioned Parliament demanding...
NEW VIDEO: Zimbabwe’s 35 captured baby elephants terrified in pens
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VIDEO: Elephant experts condemn Zimbabwe’s inhumane capture of wild baby elephants for Chinese zoos as video emerges showing animals in...
Zimbabwe, CITES attacked over elephant calves
The Humane Society International (HSI) launched a scathingattack on both the Zimbabwean government and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) last...
CITES – Proposals for amendments of appendices 1 & 2 regarding elephant populations of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA Eighteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties Colombo (Sri Lanka), 23 May – 3 June 2019 Read...
Minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, highlights progress on the implementation of the integrated strategic management of rhinoceros
MEDIA STATEMENT Fellow South Africans, Ladies and gentlemen of the media, Welcome to the first report back for 2018 on the Integrated Strategic Management approach to combat...
Confusion as Zimbabwe promises review of elephant exports amidst global condemnation
Cape Town - Three weeks after 31 young elephants were exported, presumedly to China, Zimbabwe’s office of the president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, announced the nation would...
30 Scientists and conservationists call on Zim to stop live elephant exports
January 11, 2018 His Excellency Emmerson Mnangagwa President of Zimbabwe cc: The Right Honourable Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate The Right...
The plight of baby elephants in Zimbabwe
The cruelty of the capture of baby elephants from their families in the wild has been revealed in disturbing photos and videos secretly taken in Zimbabwe last month, writes Adam...
Problems with trophy hunting in Zimbabwe exposed
Trophy hunting in Zimbabwe’s Matetsi Safari Area is not sustainable at current levels as trophy sizes are declining, there is little scientific data supporting quota sizes and...
Poaching upsurge pushes pangolin closer to extinction
Despite the arrests and long-term sentences passed on several Zimbabwean pangolin capturers, dealers and traffickers over the past year, conservationists believe the increased...
CITES Maintenance of the Appendices Decision-making mechanism for a process of trade in ivory
PROPOSAL OF NAMIBIA, SOUTH AFRICA AND ZIMBABWE This document has been submitted by Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.* Background At its 14th meeting of the Conference of...
Zimbabwe National Elephant Management Plan (2015-2020)
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AM Area Manager CA CAMPFIRE Association CE Chief Ecologist DC Conservation Director DG Director...
What is the Real Reason Behind Bubye’s Proposed Lion Cull?
Recent reports say that one of Zimbabwe’s largest private wildlife areas, Bubye Valley Conservancy, is suffering from an overpopulation of lions. The conservancy has more than...
ZIMBABWE FAILS TO PUNISH CECIL’S KILLERS
Zimbabwe has all but let Cecil’s killers off the hook as Mugabe’s wife says hunter did nothing wrong. "I say the dentist who killed the lion must be left alone," said Mrs Mugabe,...
Op-Ed: Is trophy hunting really sustainable?
Throughout history, human beings have killed wild animals to defend, avenge, profit or feed themselves. They still do. But there are a few who kill for another reason: pleasure....
How to Save Elephants: Obliterate Ivory Stockpiles Simultaneously
To save African elephants from extinction, “range states should put their ivory stockpiles beyond commercial use immediately and simultaneously,” says South African economist...
Zimbabwe says Cecil the Lion hunt was definitely illegal
Parks Authority believes that the use of a bow and an arrow “was meant to conceal the illegal hunt by using a means that would not alert the rangers on patrol.” Bow and arrow...
Double controversy hits Southern Africa’s trophy hunting industry
In the past week Southern Africa’s lucrative trophy hunting industry received two devastating blows: the release of an explosive new documentary detailing the unsavoury practices...
Sport hunters kill Zim’s best known lion
Wildlife enthusiasts say Cecil, possibly Hwanges’s largest lion, was a favourite among visitors to Zimbabwe’s premier national park as he was extremely relaxed around safari...
The plight of Zim’s 36 baby elephants
Late last year, dozens of baby elephants in the Hwange Elephant Park were forcibly removed from their families and prepared for export. Now, Zimbabwe has confirmed its intention...
Zimbabwe abducts baby elephants
Dozens of baby elephants and other wild animals are being abducted from Hwange National Park. According to a statement by Zimbabwe’s environment minister last week, the animals...
Wildlife Abducted From Hwange National Park For Chinese Zoos
The Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF), a non-profit wildlife organization , has issued a disturbing report claiming that wildlife in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park is...
Elephants under siege – Zimbabwe pushes for US ban on hunting to be lifted
Conservationists are concerned at reports in Zimbabwe’s media that the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe (SOAZ), whose membership comprises almost exclusively of hunting...
US Upholds Ban on Elephant Trophies from Rogue States
The US government has upheld its earlier ban on the importation of elephant trophies from Tanzania and Zimbabwe for the duration of 2014, despite vocal objections from hunting...
Aerial Survey of Elephants and other large Herbivores in Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe) and surrounding areas 2013
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