Despite the international ban on ivory trade imposed by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) in 1989, global demand for ivory is fueling elephant poaching. Any legal domestic and international market for ivory stimulates the demand and allows the laundering of illegal ivory. While the EU has been a leader…
Category: Wildfare
International outcry to stop hippos cull in Zambia
Zambian authorities face international pressure to reconsider their decision to overturn the 2016 decision on suspension of the brutal culling of up to 2,000 hippos in the world-famous Luangwa Valley over the next five years. The cull is once again being promoted to trophy hunters as a prey, this time by the South African hunting outfitter Umlilo…
Filmmaker dies after accident with giraffe
Award-winning filmmaker Carlos Carvalho (47) died a week after an accident while shooting a game lodge in South Africa. He was tragically injured when a giraffe attacked him while he was getting a close shot of the animal. Award-winning filmmaker Carlos Carvalho dies after giraffe head-butts him https://t.co/3EOfPrOLPx — Fox News (@FoxNews) May 6, 2018 Carvalho had been…
Rangers murdered in Virunga National Park
Five rangers and their driver are found murdered at the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an official said. Following the terrible news breaking from Virunga National Park today and the death of 6 rangers, this article from @guardian on Friday seems scarily apt. #gorilla #ranger #virunga #conservation #theguardian #gorillas https://t.co/CGdg5km0KM…
Grace Mugabe faces ivory smuggling charges
The former First lady of Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe, is suspected of smuggling ivory worth millions of dollars. Mugabe's wife Grace under probe for ivory smuggling https://t.co/pjCHIeCXP9 pic.twitter.com/6RXCyUlE4I — AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 25, 2018 Tinashe Farawo, speaking for Zimbabwe‘s Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, said “we opened our investigations and realized that former first lady…
Poachers poison vultures in Mozambique
In Mozambique in just two years poachers killed nearly 150 hippos, and other protected species. A total of 144 hippos, 111 buffalo, 54 elephants, four crocodiles and two lions – were killed between 2015 and 2016 in a small part of Tete province. Dozens of monkeys, warthogs and antelopes were also victims to poaching. Sadly,…
#BigCats: EU keeps an eye on endangered spieces
This year the European Commission celebrate #BigCats on #WorldWildlifeDay. It has taken action and joined up efforts with @CITES to fight trafficking of endangered species in the EU and globally. #Cheetah populations have decreased so much that in Africa they are now only found in 10% of their historic range! RT if you care about protecting…
Cheetahs confiscated in Somaliland
This cheetah family includes young adults and adorable cubs were rescued from the illegal wildlife trade. Confiscated in Somaliland, the cheetahs were being sold as exotic pets, their mothers no doubt killed by poachers. (Image: illustration) Sold as exotic pets in the illegal wildlife trade, our #cheetah family were luckily rescued and now reside at…
Europol: wildlife crimes
The Spanish Guardia Civil, with the support of Europol and in close cooperation with Mexico, has carried out Operation SUZAKU, resulting in 29 arrests in Spain and in other countries. All of the arrestees have been charged with crimes of smuggling, wildlife crime and animal abuses, as well as being part of a criminal infrastructure….
Neglected lions saved from Razgrad zoo
The lions of the Razgrad zoo, aged between 3 months and 12 years, will soon have a life free from suffering. The international animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS has saved the animals from particularly adverse conditions in an urgent rescue mission which took place over two days. Thus far, the big cats, who come from…
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