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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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…
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…
Brent Stirton – wildlife photographer of the year
The Natural History Museum recognized Brent Stirton, who shoots mainly for National Geographic, as the 2017 Wildlife photographer of the year for his harrowing images of the carnage left behind by illegal hunting. The Wildlife Photojournalist Award: StoryRhino Horn: The ongoing atrocity by Brent Stirton pic.twitter.com/gtjHiiw0FS — Mahmut Tezcan (@MahmutTezcann) October 20, 2017 “To make such…
UK to ban ivory items
The sale and export of almost all ivory items would be banned in the UK under plans set out by the government. Today we announced plans to ban the sale of ivory in the UK.The cruel poaching of elephants shames our generationhttps://t.co/N8RtEwHvTU — Theresa May (@theresa_may) October 6, 2017 Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced…
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