Wildlife Conservation Organization
The black rhino population in the Serengeti in Tanzania was decimated by poachers in the 1960s and 70s; the population crashed from around 1000 to just over 70. However, 7 black rhinos were removed and taken to South Africa to start Continue Reading
Mr Edward Kishe, the acting director general of the Tanzania National Parks (Tanapa), is worried about the rampant poaching in his country and the image that other countries have about Tanzania’s anti-poaching efforts. Last year alone at least 10 tons Continue Reading
Kenyan Prime Minister Mr. Raila Odinga is recommending that Tanzania destroy their stockpiles of ivory. Tanzania petitioned CITES in March to allow them to sell ivory stockpiles to the Asian market, but CITES refused citing the escalating poaching problem in Continue Reading
In 2009, Aidan Hartley, a British journalist investigated black market elephant ivory in Tanzania. He we extremely disturbed to find that he could find pretty much find as many kilos of elephant tusks as he wanted on the Tanzanian streets. Continue Reading
Following the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species on Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) held in Qatar, Botswana has threatened to pull out of the convention, and remove elephants from the list of species under protection. As expected, the Continue Reading