The Vietnam government has given the go-ahead to a plan to better protect elephants. And laws against hunting, transporting and selling elephant meat or tusks will be tightened. The plan, worth US$13.3 million, was signed yesterday by Deputy Prime Minister Hong Trung Hai. Under the plan, three conservation areas for wild elephants will be set […]
Dubai customs authorities have announced the seizure of 259 elephant tusks, from Kenya, disguised as ‘furniture’ It is the biggest bust yet of contraband ivory in the UAE. So far this year, at least 5 tonnes of ivory have been reported seized – 1 tonne seized in Hong Kong, exported from Mombasa; 2 tonnes seized […]
UN says that Libya war weapons may be killing central Africa elephants. In a report to the UN Security Council, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said elephant poaching was a growing security concern, particularly in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad and Gabon. Ban said the illegal trade in ivory may be an important source of […]
Villagers relocate to make way for elephants and keep clear an important elephant corridor. An historical important gesture for conservation. “The Karbi people will create history in the field of environmental conservation by this unique gesture. We have to learn to live with the animals and I’m proud that the Karbis are showing the way […]
At least 26 elephants massacred in World Heritage site in the Central African Republic. Four of the elephants were calves. 17 individuals armed with Kalashnikov rifles on Monday entered this unique elephant habitat, known locally as the “village of elephants”. More information here
A great inspiring article by Paula Kahumbu. How Kenya can save its elephants. “…Thanks to greater media coverage, Kenyans are now aware that our elephants are under greater pressure than in the last 20 years, and our populations are now declining. It is time to wake up to the fact that it is not just […]
ALERT: Poachers have entered one of Africa’s most unique elephant habitats on Monday. Conservationists fear massacre. According to WWF sources, in Central African Republic a group of 17 armed individuals on Monday entered the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park and headed for the Dzanga Bai, locally known as the “village of elephants”, a large clearing where between 50 […]
Tanzanian elephants could be extinct within 7 Years if current poaching trends continue, according to the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute. “If this poaching trend is left unchecked, obviously the elephant population will disappear in the next seven years,” Lembeli said, according to Tanzania’s The Guardian. “This is a national disaster. The government and its agencies […]
A total of 120 wildlife and forest guards had been attacked between 2011 and 2013, some were attacked in church while others were attacked in their offices with guns and machetes. 62 of them got died. The Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Mr Samuel Afari Dartey, made this known at a press briefing […]
The South African National Parks (SANParks), have denied allegations that high elephant numbers in the Kruger National Park (KNP) have reached unmanageable levels. Dr Salomon Joubert, director of the KNP from 1986 to 1994, said on Monday (29 April) that the elephant population in South Africa’s largest wilderness area was a “huge problem”. Dr Sam […]
