Brussels 22.08.2024 The last elephant in captivity in South Africa’s national zoo has been released back into the wild after being caged for 40 years for commercial purpose. (Image: illustration) The elephant, named Charlie, was captured in 1984 from Zimbabwe’s Hwange national park when he was two years old, and spent his entire life for…
Category: Wildfare
Tanzania: elephants trophy hunting targeted
Brussels 18.08.2024 Conservationists sent a petition to Tanzania this week to end elephant trophy hunting in a vast wildlife reserve area that spans its common border with Kenya. About 2,000 elephants, including the “super-tuskers,” so called because of their large tusks, roam the wildlife conservation range named as Amboseli National Park on the Kenyan side…
Kenya: oldest lion killed
Brussels 13.05.2023 Loonkiito, possibly one of the oldest lions in the world, has been killed in Kenya at the age of 19, conservation organization Lion Guardians said. (Image above: illustration) CNN: One of Africa's oldest lions killed in Kenya, conservationists say.https://t.co/pmapI1xeTN via @GoogleNews — Edie Summers (@ediesummers) May 13, 2023 The lion was killed on…
SA: Lion’s industry in Africa
Brussels 09.12.2022 HSI Africa invites for an exclusive, free online screening of the new documentary film “Lions, Bones and Bullets”, which sheds light on South Africa’s controversial commercial captive lion industry and follows the wildlife trafficking trail to Laos and Viet Nam. REMEMBER! To RSVP to join @HSIAfrica @Blood_Lions & @PantheraAfrica for an exclusive screening…
Malawi elephants relocation
11.07.2022 After several years of intense wildlife conservation, the Liwonde National Park in southern Malawi is being decongested. Subsequently the 250 elephants will be relocated from this reserve to the Kasungu National Park in the centre of the East African country. News update: The first batch of 20 Elephants from #Liwonde National Park arrived at…
SA RHINO: poachers perverse crimes
Brussels 02.11.2021 A rhino with tears in his eyes: heartbreaking images show a Southern White rhino ‘weeping in pain’ after poachers hacked off his horn and crushed part of the bone in his skull in South African game reserve. BASTARDS!!! Images show rhino 'weeping in pain' after poachers hacked off his horn https://t.co/w7sKomYuoz via @MailOnline…
Gorilla Day Kwita Izina
Brussels 24.09.2021 Today is World Gorilla Day Kwita Izina, Rwanda’s annual gorilla naming ceremony will take place. Kwita Izina, an initiative of the Rwandan government, is an exciting time for Fossey Fund staff and our devoted followers, who are going to celebrate the baby mountain gorillas born to the gorilla families of Volcanoes National Park….
COVID19: Zambia poaching on rise
Kafue National Park in the heart of Zambia is one of the largest protected areas in Africa, now is under threat of poachers, who can enter the park without worrying about running into safari operators and their guests. In the months since the pandemic began, bushmeat poaching in Kafue’s formerly secured core zones has returned…
Zimbabwe bans mining in game reserves
Zimbabwe has banned mining in countriy’s national parks, reversing a decision to let Chinese firms explore for coal at its famous Hwange game park. Zimbabwe bans coal mining in Hwange and other game parks https://t.co/Adm1v3OSgl — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 9, 2020 The move came after campaigners took the government to court to prevent…
Namibia hippo flock dying trapped in mud
Dozens of hippopotamuses are stuck in mud in a shrinking pool in a game reserve in Namibia, and are at high risk of dying of dehydratation and hunger, the Daily News online publication reported on September 5. The animals should stay in water or mud to protect themselves form sun and heat only daytime, but…
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