Fauna of Africa

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3 Lions Shot After Escaping From South Africa’s Kruger Park

Three male lions that escaped over the weekend from South Africa's Kruger National Park have been shot dead after a...

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Nigeria First Lady Aisha Buhari Warns Off ‘hyenas’ On Facebook

Nigeria’s first lady has warned the “hyenas and jackals” will be banished in a cryptic Facebook post apparently...

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German Gov’t Donates To Save the Rhino Trust

The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, H. E. Christian-Matthias Schlaga, and Mr. Simson Uri-Khob Chief...

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Indonesia Seizes Pangolins, Scales Worth $190,000

Indonesian authorities have seized hundreds of critically endangered pangolins and scales in a haul worth $190,000...

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Malaysia Seizes 300kg of Pangolin Scales

Malaysian customs officers have seized almost 300 kilograms of pangolin scales being smuggled through the main airport,...

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Rhino Kills Hungarian Conservationist In Rwanda

A conservationist who played a key role in reintroducing the eastern black rhino to Rwanda has been killed by one of...

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Rhino Kills Conservationist In Rwanda

A conservationist who was training rangers to track and protect black rhinos in Rwanda has been killed by one of the...

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Endangered Gorilla Gives Birth To Baby By A Team of Doctors Who Treat Humans

A gorilla at the Philadelphia Zoo has given birth to a healthy baby after a difficult labor that required medical...

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China Rejects Uganda Ivory Trafficking Claims Against Diplomats

China on Thursday rejected allegations that two of its diplomats working in Uganda were involved in the trafficking of...

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Record Haul of Pangolin Scales Seized In Malaysia

Malaysian customs officers have seized more than 700 kilograms of pangolin scales, the country's largest haul of the...

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Black Rhinos To Come Back Home To Rwanda

Around 20 of Africa's endangered Eastern black rhinos are returning in an "extraordinary homecoming" to Rwanda after...

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Crocodile Eats South African Hunter

DNA tests on the carcass of a crocodile shot in Zimbabwe have confirmed that it contains the remains of a missing South...

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Zimbabwe DNA Tests ‘prove Hunter Was Killed By A Crocodile’

DNA tests on the carcass of a crocodile shot in Zimbabwe have confirmed that it contains the remains of a missing South...

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Key Leopard Population ‘crashing’, Study Warns

The leopard population in a region of South Africa once thick with the big cats is crashing, and could be wiped out...

International

SA Court ‘ends Ban On Rhino Horn Sales’

More than 700 rhinos were killed in South Africa in the first half of last year South Africa's top court has dismissed...

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Nepal To Relocate Five Rare One-Horned Rhinos

Conservationists on Monday captured a rare one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal as part of an attempt to increase the number...

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Bongo District Smallholder Farmers Exploit Indigenous Farming Technologies

Some Smallholder farmers in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region are exploiting indigenous farming technologies...

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Food Security Project Launched In Bongo

The Navrongo-Bolgatanga Catholic Diocesan Development Office (NABOCADO), in collaboration with the Association of...

International

Tunis Zoo To Close Temporarily After Visitors Stone Crocodile

A zoo in the Tunisian capital is to close temporarily after visitors stoned a crocodile to death. The Belvedere Zoo...