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 lead to the deaths of rhinos. Increased precipitation, longer monsoons and seasonal floods are already resulting in stranding, drowning …
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 poaching crisis after a government census revealed it had lost a “catastrophic” 60% of its elephants in …
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 modern humans are the product of such genetic exchange with the Neanderthals. But climate change is accelerating the trend …
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 organisation said on Tuesday. The results of a survey indicate the southern African nation's elephant …
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, but are still in need of the specifics on how the government would impose the ban, according to the Huffington …
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 a dramatic 48% decline in elephant numbers from just over 20,000 to an estimated 10,300, the WCS said. “This decline is …
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 at airport and land borders. The document was drafted under the compliance with the implementation of …
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 confiscated 65 rhino horns and 1.2 tons of elephant ivory from a private residence on the outskirts of Maputo, Mozambique's capital. …
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 last year. Red coral, highly valued as jewelry, grows only three to four centimeters in …
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 pet markets. These aquatic animals, found in Etawah, Auraiya, Kannauj, Mainpuri and neighbouring districts, are smuggled …
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 within the next week and will increase the penalties for killing the Asiatic Cheetah from the current 20 Million Tomans …
The dehorned carcass of a rhino has been found on a farm near Koster, North West police said on Sunday. The carcass had been there for three weeks. "According to the owner, he last saw the rhino earlier this month. One of his employees on the farm saw the carcass …
A US hunter who paid $350,000 (£225,000) to kill a black rhino in Namibia has successfully shot the animal, saying his actions would help protect the critically endangered species. Corey Knowlton, from Texas, downed the rhino with a high-powered rifle after a three-day hunt through the bush with government officials …
In the Texas grassland, home to white-tailed deer and rattlesnakes, outdoorsman Charly Seale sees a vast sanctuary of open spaces that could be used to protect the wild African rhino from its biggest enemy - poachers in search of the animals' valuable horns. Seale is part of an ambitious project …
THE Namibian police are investigating a case of illegal hunting of protected game, after two white rhinoceroses were found dead at the weekend. The rhino carcasses were found at Farm Okamahoro, situated approximately 30 kilometres west of Okahandja in the Otjozondjupa region. The game farm is a privately owned commercial …
Despite concerns from conservationists, Zambia is preparing to lift a 2013 ban on the hunting of wild lions and leopards in order to raise funds. This move may seem "extremely outrageous," however, tourism and arts minister Jean Kapata assures critics that the profits gained from hunting these big cats could …
In an effort to curb an upsurge in wildlife crimes, Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta says no private guns would be allowed into national parks following a series of illegal poaching of rhinos and elephants. Not all carcasses of rhinos and elephants that have been found since the …
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) and Lewa Wildlife Conservancy have embarked on a relocation programme that will see the critically endangered black rhino reintroduced to Samburu ranges 25 years since the last individual was poached in the area. At least 20 preselected rhinos will be moved …
DUBAI // Emirates airline has banned hunting trophies of elephants, rhinos, tigers and lions from all its aircraft. The airline already has a ban on products and parts of endangered animals and plants listed under appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites). The new policy, …
Mozambican police have seized nearly 1.3 metric tons (1.4 tons) of ivory and rhino horns, obtained from the illegal slaughter of 65 rhinos and 170 elephants, in a house belonging to a Chinese national. Mozambique is a major source of poachers willing to cross the porous border with South Africa …
IN a desperate bid to track down elusive poachers, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has increased the reward money of whistle-blowers on poaching from N$30 000 to N$60 000. Tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta said government would rely on anyone who has information on poaching incidences to come forward as …
