Singapore on Monday crushed and burnt almost eight tonnes of ivory confiscated over two years to try to deter smugglers as activists called for tighter enforcement. Over 2,700 elephant tusks weighing 7.9 tonnes were fed…
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#Conservation – From war to wildlife: fighting for Angola’s future
At dusk in southern Angola, former civil war soldier Elias Kawina leads a drill parade for 30 rangers who fight armed poachers in the country’s vast, little-explored interior. Kawina, 38, rose to the rank of…
#Conservation: Did you know today is #WorldOceansDay?
Today, June 8th, people from all over are celebrating World Oceans Day – global day of ocean celebration and collaboration for a better future. This year’s theme is “Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet” and individuals and organizations across the planet…
#Conservation: Namibian rugby legend Jacques Burger to climb Mt Kenya for elephants
Rugby players led by Namibian Captain and Rugby legend, Jacques Burger, are heading to Kenya for a charity challenge. The rugby players, which includes Mike Ellery, Rhys Gill, Jim Hamilton, Nils Mordt and Ben Ransom; will…
#Conservation: Mutilated rhino in South Africa on long road to recovery
Sedated, blindfolded, her ears plugged with cotton-wool, “Hope” the rhino breathes heavily as veterinarians work to repair a gaping wound left by poachers who hacked off her horns. A year after being left for dead…
Do you agree? S.African appeal court backs domestic rhino horn trade
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed a government bid to retain a ban on domestic trade in rhino horns, breeders and officials said Monday, in a dispute over how to end poaching. In…
#Conservation: ‘Now or never’ to save Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef could be beyond saving in five years without “now or never” funding to improve water quality as climate change ravages the World Heritage-listed site, scientists warned Thursday. The world’s biggest coral…
#Conservation: South African rhinos to be flown to Australia to escape poachers
A retired South African sales executive who emigrated to Australia 30 years ago is hatching a daring plan to airlift 80 rhinos to his adopted country in a bid to save the species from poachers….
#Conservation: Saharan Addax antelope faces ‘imminent extinction’
The Saharan Addax antelope has been pushed to the brink of extinction by poaching and loss of habitat to the oil industry, the international organisation that tracks threatened species said Friday. An extensive aerial and…
#Conservation: Severe drought forces Zimbabwe to sell off wildlife
Drought-hit Zimbabwe has invited local farmers and private game rangers to buy wild animals as it destocks national game reserves to save fauna from starvation, the wildlife authority said Wednesday. Parks and wildlife authority spokeswoman…