State of the Rhino 2023
Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can
Poaching
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Tanzania elephant population declined by 60% in five years, census reveals
Government data shows industrial scale of poaching for ivory as number of elephants in Tanzania drops from 109,051 in 2009 to 43,330 in 2014 Tanzania has emerged as the epicentre of Africa’s elephant
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Global warming leads to hybrids driving species loss
Organisms are liberally exchanging genes with other species to create hybrid species, thanks to global warming. In the process, many species are dying out. Interbreeding is a natural process and even
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Poachers Decimate Mozambique Elephant Population
MAPUTO - Mozambique has lost half its elephants over the past five years, part of a wave of poaching driven by red-hot demand for ivory from fast-growing Asian economies such as Chinaand Vietnam, a conservation
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China Joins Fight Against Poaching, Pledges To Phase Out Ivory Industry
Chinese government has announced on Friday that for the first time it will stop legalising domestic ivory trade, a move that supports anti-poaching. Many wildlife conservationists applauded the big announcement,
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Poachers killed half Mozambique's elephants in five years
Poachers have killed nearly half of Mozambique’s elephants for their ivory in the past five years, the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society said on Tuesday. A Mozambique government-backed survey showed
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Angola: Environment Ministry Drafts Action Plan to Fight Against Ivory Trafficking
Luanda — The Ministry of Environment and partners drafted the National Action Plano n Ivory 2015/2017, which is aimed to fight against the illegal ivory trade in Angola and the reinforcement of the inspection
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As Animal Poaching Surges, Organized Crime Plays Bigger Role
Mozambique lost 48 percent of its elephants from poaching in the past five years—a decline from 20,000 to 10,300—the Wildlife Conservation Society reported on Tuesday. Earlier this month, authorities
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Rise in red coral smuggling threatening marine ecology
CHINA Coast Guard is warning of a rise in the poaching of wild coral, saying yesterday that it has detained 80 suspects and confiscated red coral worth over 100 million yuan (US$16 million) since March
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Smuggled spotted turtles land in international pet markets
KANPUR: The spotted pond turtle also known as black pond turtle (geoclemys hamiltonii) seized in the recent past in Mumbai and various other parts of the country, are in demand in local and international
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Iran multiplies fines for poachers
TEHRAN- Iranian officials at the Department of Environment will introduce new bill with tougher penalties for wild animal poaching, Mehr news-agency reports on Saturday. The new law will be announced