Wildlife smuggling

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Poachers Kill Rare Giant Elephant In Kenya

One of Africa's oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya on Monday, according to a conservation...

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Tanzania Jails Notorious Elephant Poacher

Tanzania’s most notorious elephant poacher, nicknamed “The Devil”, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison....

Headlines

S. Africa Rhino Poaching Dipped In 2016, Stays Above 1,000

Poachers killed 1,054 South African rhinos for their horns in 2016, a 10 percent dip on a year earlier, the environment...

International

Poachers Kill Two Rhinos At South African Orphanage

More than 700 rhinos were killed in South Africa in the first half of last year Poachers have killed two rhinos during...

Headlines

Gabon’s Forest Elephants Slain For Ivory At Alarming Rate

Poachers are killing elephants for their ivory at an alarming rate in the central African nation of Gabon, leading to a...

International

China Announces Ban On Ivory Trade By End of 2017

China has announced a ban on all ivory trade and processing activities by the end of 2017. Conservation groups hailed...

International

South African Minister Linked To Rhino Trafficker

Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit has uncovered evidence of high-level political connections to rhino poaching in Africa....

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Chinese Delegations In Illegal Spending Spree In SA

Members of the Chinese President’s delegation allegedly went on an illegal spending spree in SA to buy ivory and...

Opinion

Acting Assistant Secretary Judith Garber Travels To South Africa

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs...

Opinion

German Minister For the Environment To Visit Kenya

The German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Dr. Barbara...

Opinion

Wildlife Meeting Votes For Complete Trade Ban On Pangolins

Johannesburg (AFP) - Delegates at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Johannesburg...

Opinion

Global Meeting Votes For Trade Ban On Endangered Pangolins

Johannesburg (AFP) - Delegates at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Johannesburg...

Opinion

All Global Trade Banned In Endangered Pangolins

Johannesburg (AFP) - The shy, scale-covered pangolin is to receive the highest level of protection against illegal...

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High Demand for Ivory In China Is Threatening Elephants in Africa

Over that period alone an estimated 6.8% of the continent's elephant population was wiped out by the illegal ivory...