Wildlife Conservation Organization
Jeppe Villadsen writes from Kenya More than two tonnes of ivory. And over 100 people arrested. It was a catch, then the international police organization Interpol last week concluded its largest operation in Africa against illegal wildlife trade. A larger Continue Reading
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (EKZNW) reports that two suspected rhino poachers were wounded and one killed in an exchange of gunfire with Field rangers in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in the evening of 25 December 2009 at about 19.45. Field Rangers in Continue Reading
Three months from a major international conference on endangered species, African countries are divided over whether a fresh round of ivory sales should be allowed. Tanzania and Zambia, for example, have asked the CITES (Convention on International Trade in International Continue Reading
In a communique, Mateus Muthemba, director of community relations, said the problem was complex because of the socio-economic values of the local people who are used to hunting wild animals. Park statistics indicated 3500 animals — such as wild pig Continue Reading
Four of the world’s remaining eight Northern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) are settling in to their new home in the Ol Pejeta reserve in Kenya. They were shipped to the reserve from Dvur Kralove zoo in the Czech Republic, Continue Reading