Courtesy of TRAFFIC Official figures released on 22 January 2015 by South Africa confirmed that 2014 was the worst on record for rhino poaching. A […]
Category: Africa
Fourth Annual World Pangolin Day is February 21
World Pangolin Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in February, and this year, the special day falls on February 21, 2015. World Pangolin Day […]
Official Launch of African Pangolin Working Group
The African Pangolin Working Group (APWG), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation and awareness of all four species of African pangolin, will be formally […]
Operation Crash: U.S. Auction House President Guilty of Rhino Horn & Ivory Trafficking
Source: U.S. Department of Justice Elite Estate Buyers Inc., doing business as Elite Decorative Arts, an auction house located in Boynton Beach, Florida, and the […]
CITES Responds to ‘Baby Elephants Captured in Zimbabwe’ Situation
The horrific story from Zimbabwe that baby elephants were snatched from their mothers and sent to zoos in China and/or the UAE has elicited a […]
Czech Officials File Criminal Charges Against 16 Rhino Horn Traffickers
Criminal charges have been filed in the Czech Republic against 16 people involved in a rhino horn trafficking scheme linked to a game ranch in […]
Namibia: Bizarre Death of a Rhino Protector
by John Grobler, courtesy of Conservation Action Trust In Namibia, the sudden death of a Save the Rhino Trust (SRT) employee is raising questions. The […]
Environmentalists Object to $450 Million ‘Good Governance’ Aid to Tanzania, Citing Corruption, Ivory Trafficking Links
Courtesy of the Environmental Investigation Agency WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today appealed to Secretary of State John Kerry and Dana J. […]
Artificial Techniques of Reproduction May Be Last Hope for the Northern White Rhino
Courtesy of Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Nanyuki – Kenya) – Artificial techniques of reproduction could provide the last chance of survival for the world’s most endangered […]
Money vs. Morality: Tourism’s Conundrum
by Sharon Gilbert-Rivett, courtesy of Conservation Action Trust Earlier this year, horrific photographs and graphic video footage showing baby elephants being abused at an elephant […]