Conyngham volunteer travels to Africa to help protect great apes from poaching

When Nicole Cook, a postmaster from Conyngham, entered a school in the Nigerian village of Iko Ekperem, she wrote her name on the board, pointed at a globe to show where she came from and led the children in a Continue Reading

Scores arrested in wildlife poaching raids

More than 2 tons of ivory has been seized and more than 100 people arrested in an international operation targeting wildlife crime in eastern Africa, Interpol announced Monday. In 1999 $500 million dollars was spent on ivory in America alone. Continue Reading