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…
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Lions need protecton amid pandemic crisis
African countries need to strengthen protection of lions without delay amid threats to their survival linked to aggravating situation related to pandemic criis, reflecting in rise absence of tourims, and rising of poaching, conservationists said on ahead of World Lions Dayobserved on August 10. Only 20,000 wild lions remain in Africa, which is half of…
Uganda: 11 years in jail for killing gorilla
A poacher has been jailed for 11 years after he confessed to killing a rare mounteen silverback gorilla in Uganda last month. Killer of Rafiki, Uganda's beloved gorilla, sentenced to 11 years in prison https://t.co/iH60sWac3J pic.twitter.com/pRqqtskoax — New York Post (@nypost) July 30, 2020 The gorilla, named Rafiki, which means “friend” in Swahili — was…
Botswana: six rhinos killed by poachers
In Botswana, at least six rhinos have been poached since the virus shut down tourism. Botswana’s security forces in April shot and killed five suspected poachers in two incidents. In northwest South Africa, at least nine rhinos have been killed since the virus lockdown. All the poaching took place in what were previously tourism areas…
Poachers killed white giraffe
Poachers have killed a rare white giraffe and its calf which caused a global interest after they were spotted at the Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy in Garissa County,Kenya. Poachers kill Kenya's only white female giraffe and her calf: report https://t.co/uQM5Zo48QL pic.twitter.com/OWelCaoz9n — The Hill (@thehill) March 10, 2020 In a statement on March 10, the conservancy’s…
Tanzania elephant & rhino populations recover
Tanzania presidency reported elephant and rhino populations have begun to recover after a government crackdown dismantled organized criminal networks involved in industrial-scale poaching and transporting the ivory to China. A influential Chinese businesswoman running a poaching network on industrial scale, dubbed the “Ivory Queen” was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Tanzanian court…
World giraffe day
Their habitat is being lost at an alarming rate, not to mention the myriad other threats they deal with, including poaching, the trade in giraffe parts, giraffe skin disease, vehicle collisions, and droughts. 🦒World Giraffe Day🦒 pic.twitter.com/knr1N2QZC7 — World Wildlife Fund (@World_Wildlife) June 21, 2019 There are a lot of factors leading to the giraffe’s…
Chinese poachers with $1 million rhino horns face justice
The seven Chinese stood before Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, magistrate Ms Rangarirai Gakanje. 7 Chinese Zeng Dengui (35), Peicon Jang (35), Liu Cheng (23), Yu Xian (25), Yong Zhu (25), Chen Zhiangfu (30) and Qui Jinchang (29) Found with Rhino horns worth over $ 1million near Victoria falls pic.twitter.com/s1Uc4SIff4 — AfricaDigest (@africlandpost) December 27, 2018 They…
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…
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…
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