Earlier this year Tanzania applied to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) for permission to hold a one-off sale of 101 tonnes of stockpiled ivory and to reduce protection for its elephant population. The African country intended to seek approval for trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial …
Record 40-year sentence for Thai rhino poaching ring-leader!
In a record sentence, Thai rhino poaching ring-leader Chumlong Lemtongthai has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Lemtongthai pleaded guilty to charges of exporting rhino horn from South Africa to Asian markets. He admitted to operating bogus ‘legal’ hunts by paying prostitutes to act as trophy hunters, and then stealing the horn for illegal trade. …
Unite Against Poaching: 1 Year of Helping Rhinos
The Low Down If you read Africa Geographic’s special rhino issue a few months back, or have even vaguely followed the news over the past few years, you know that rhinos around the world are in dire straits. Poachers have been targeting rhinos for their highly valued horns in response to an increased demand for …
Meeting face to face in Niassa
Ella was doing her home-schooling work the other day, a lesson on the five senses. “What is a smell you like?”. “Flowers”, she says. “Ok, well what is a smell you dislike?” With no hesitation, “Dead elephants!”. She’s five and says it like it is and she’s right, I hate it too and the air …
Young mountain gorillas destroy poachers’ snares
Today in Rwanda, field staff of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund observed several young gorillas from Kuryama’s group destroying snares set by poachers! “We knew that gorillas do this but all of the reported cases in the past were carried out by adult gorillas, mostly silverbacks,” said Veronica Vecellio, gorilla program coordinator at the Karisoke Research Center. Snares set …
Top Notch!
There’s no way I can sit here and write something that does justice to the efforts people are making to protect and conserve our rhinos, that really gets to the heart of the emotion and sense of communal purpose that drives them… but I’ll try! And, there’s no more fitting day to do that than …
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Elephant ‘tramples to death suspected poacher’
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Anti-Poaching Breakthrough at Odzala-Kokoua National Park
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Leopard interacts strangely with a vehicle
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Eco-Friendly Camp in the Greater Kruger
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Proflight Zambia flies orphaned hippo to safety
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Elephant smashes car window
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Proflight Zambia flies orphaned hippo to safety
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Leopard interacts strangely with a vehicle
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Madagascar by the compass
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Elephant ‘tramples to death suspected poacher’
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ChipembeleWildlife: A huge thanks to ZAWA for permissions, Conservatio...
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Reinhard Buchcik: oa wuiderer weniga! It was bavarian dialect, do no...
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chris mountain: i could have not put it better myself...
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