Cambodian customs have seized more than three tons of elephant tusks from Mozambique following a notice from the US Embassy. The demand for ivory from China and Vietnam is a driving factor in Cambodia’s illegal wildlife trade. Cambodia: Customs seize 1,026 #elephant tusks, weighing over 3.2 tonnes, hidden in a storage container sent from Mozambique,…
Category: Wildlife
Kenya Olympics replaced ritual lion hunting
Kenyan warriors of young generation are no longer pursuing lions to show off their hunting prowess and bravery, they are competing for monetary prizes in javelin throwing at the Maasai Olympics instead. Sunday's Pictures of the Day: A Maasai Moran athlete smears his face with red ocher paint during preparations for the 2018 Maasai Olympics….
Vietnam poachers killed more than 40 lions
Eight Vietnamese suspects will appear before a South African court to face charges of illegal possession of game products including lion parts and a tiger’s carcass, police said. Police agents found lion bones, lion meat, a tiger skin, gas cylinders, gas burners, containers, a saw, knives and other equipment when they intercepted the suspects’ two…
Ten rhinos in Kenya died after transfer
Kenya’s wildlife minister apologized for being rude with his critics, and sending them to “hell” while he comes under mounting pressure over the death of 10 rhinos during a botched transfer. Kenya's wildlife minister apologises for telling critics to 'go to hell' as he comes under mounting pressure over the death of 10 rhinos during…
South Africa advances exports of lion’s skeletons
The export of lion skeletons is fuelling the business of these criminal enterprises and South Africa should be held to account for encouraging them, conservationists say. The issue came to public attention after the decision of South Africa officials to double quota of exports of skeletons of lions in captivity. South Africa’s Department of Environmental…
Elephant language of survival
Nowadays Researchers believe that migration is just one survival mechanism elephants have developed in response to poaching, conflict, urbanization, agriculture, and other pressures in Africa. In 2016, one elephant made a treacherous 209 km journey over three weeks from the relative safety of Kenya to conflict-ridden Somalia, all under the cloak of darkness. Morgan, as…
Sibuya: lions ‘execute’ rhino poachers
A ranger with guests at the Sibuya Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape on a safari drive on Tuesday afternoon discovered human remains close to a pride of lions. Who needs a guard dog when you have big cats? Pride of lions eat axe-wielding poachers who were apparently hunting for rhinos on the Sibuya Game…
Congo national parks threatened by oil drilling
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government has taken decision to open up parts of two protected national parks Virunga and Salonga, habitat to endangered species such as mountain gorillas, to oil drilling. Democratic Republic of Congo’s government said on Friday that it has decided to open up parts of Virunga and Salonga National Parks, home to mountain…
Namibia in search of Human-Wildlife Conflict resolution
Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Namibia has revised the national policy on Human Wildlife Conflict in efforts to prevent incidents that have escalated over the years. Cases of human wildlife conflict in the country become more frequent over the years with communities and farmers expressing concern regarding the issue, said the Environment Ministry spokesperson,…
Petition to Zuckerberg to ban ivory trade on Facebook
As many other goods ivory trade moved online, and in many cases it is sold via Facebook. The animal defenders have launched a petition addressed to the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to ban ivory trade from social media. French environmental police seized 500 kgs of #ivory in Nice, France on Wednesday. (Photo: VCG) pic.twitter.com/DPOFLKidCU — China…
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