Just 5,000 have survived. An elephant holocaust within the human holocaust. In early 1980s South Sudan recorded more than 130,000 elephants but the liberation struggle that lasted for about three decades wiped out almost all of them. Presently in the entire country, apparently just about 3.9 percent of elephants have survived, which constitutes just about […]
High Alarm in Central African Republic after government overthrow: elephant poaching is rising dramatically and elephant meat is now flooding food markets in villages near a famed wildlife reserve. The infamous Sudanese poachers are now working in tandem with armed rebels from the group known as Seleka, which now has seized control of the federal […]
It was not bad enough already for elephants? Chinese trader in New Zealand thought it would make good investment. He just pleaded guilty to eight charges of trading in endangered species without a permit. He told police that he knew elephants were being killed for their ivory but thought it would be a good investment because […]
Great photo of the highly endangered elephant population of Chad. This aerial photograph shows the main herd of elephants in Zakouma National Park. 90% of the park’s elephants have been poached in the last decade to satisfy the ivory addiction in China and Asia. These guys are real survivors. Photo: Michael Lorentz
Elephant poacher in Kenya has turned gamekeeper and now goes out patrolling to protect the animals he once killed. “The life of a poacher was too lonely for me… and leads only to death,” said Lokoloi, aged 25, who spent the past decade as a poacher, killing his first elephant at the age of 15. […]
Elephant dies of overwork in central Vietnam, carrying around tourists. It was the second domesticated elephant to have died in the province since January. Tourists across Asia (and now sadly also Africa) should be aware of this awful kind of tourist attraction and choose wisely were to go and put their money. Besides, the process of capture […]
An amazing picture of an amazing moment (of amazing creatures). A herd of elephants turned their trunks into snorkels to cross a deep river. The group of mammals wandered into Africa’s Chobe River on the Botswana-Namibia border but became submerged. So they simply put their trunks out of the water to enable them to breath. Tourists […]
Is South Africa the next valuable destination for poachers and ivory traders? Poachers are reported to have recently killed at least 6 tuskers on the Mozambican side of the Park, one of them in the picture below. Elephant poachers appear to be using sophisticated smuggling routes set up to launder rhino horns from the Kruger […]
The government of Kenya has stated that so far this year, 74 elephants have been killed by poachers. Probably much more, they just haven’t find them. According to official statistics, 289 elephants were killed in 2011 and 384 in 2012. In a statement to the newsroom, Government spokesman Muthui Kariuki said the Kenya Wildlife Service […]
Recently, the news has been rife with reports of human-wildlife conflict over various parts of India. While there are many reasons for human-wildife conflict, here it is mostly because of new developments encroaching on forest lands and animal territories. Alongside humans, elephants and leopards are the most common animals victims to this conflict in India. […]
