Wildlife News

[News24Wire] A Botswana national is expected in the dock of the Kuruman Magistrate's Court in the Northern Cape on Monday after he allegedly attempted to sell a live cheetah, as well as lion bones.

[Nyasa Times] The hearing of Malawi's most wanted suspected wildlife trafficker and notorious king pin, Chinese national Lin Yun Hua's case has started at Lilongwe Magistrates court.

[News24Wire] Faced with one of the "hardest decisions", CapeNature has explained why it euthanised a lion cub which was found in possession of three men in Athlone, after coming in for criticism for the decision.

[East African] In the complex world of carnivore conservation, the annual two-day carnivore conference held at the Kenya Wildlife Service in Nairobi at the end of October brought together scientists and researchers from east, southern Africa and India.

[Daily News] Arusha -Wildlife researchers are now embarking on a new five-year Giraffe strategic plan to save mysterious, silent giants from extinction.

[Daily Maverick] For a Western hunter to pay to kill an African animal and expatriate its parts is a form of objectification, dehumanising and therefore morally reprehensible. It may entrench a Western narrative of supremacy underpinned by chauvinistic, colonialist and crudely utilitarian anthropocentric attitudes.

[Daily Maverick] Mpumalanga's Manyeleti Game Reserve is one of the great ironies of the SA tourism industry. Reserved for black people during apartheid, it's now a premium wildlife location, part of the Greater Kruger Park. Four private concessions operate in 'the Manyeleti', but with a disputed land claim award and big-city lawyers involved, the elephants are trampling the grass and residents are a little nervous...

[This Day] Lions are better off in the wild

[SAnews.gov.za] The Hawks have arrested three suspects for being in possession of firearms, rhino horns and tiger carcasses.

[SAPS] In an endeavour to turn the tide against illicit mining, an intelligence driven operation conducted on Tuesday, 26 November 2019, by Organised Crime and the Illicit Mining Team led to the arrest of three suspects, estimated to be in their forties for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

[News24Wire] North West police have recovered 100 rhino horns, four tiger carcasses, a tiger skin, weapons and hundreds of rounds of ammunition during a raid on two farms in the province.

[Nyasa Times] Vwaza Game Reserve in Rumphi has become the first protected area in the country to get an aircraft for law enforcement and patrol exercises.

[263Chat] Environment Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu Monday told CNN News that the shipping of the baby elephants to Chinese zoos was a better move than culling as the country is faced with a massive challenge of overstocking of the species.

[New Era] Ongwediva -A 46-year-old man was arrested last week Thursday and charged with dealing with protected game after attempting to smuggle two pangolins into Namibia through the Oshikango border.

[Namibia Economist] The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has released their Wild Horse Management Plan, which provides objectives and guidelines for the management of the wild horses living in the Namib Naukluft Park and the Tsau //Khaeb (Sperrgebiet) National Park.

[ANGOP] Luanda -The National Institute for Consumer Protection (Inadec) has warned the general population to avoid the consumption of game meat sold in the informal market or restaurants, taking into account that they show signs of poor conservation, thus deemed improper for human consumption.

[New Zimbabwe] The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is working on establishing a wildlife and environmental crime directorate whose mandate would be to ensure use of financial intelligence in the arrest and prosecution of wildlife related crimes.

[CAJ News] Malipati -BIRD-WATCHING enthusiasts are flocking to Malipati, south of Chiredzi, 650km southeast of Harare, CAJ News Africa can reveal.

[Namibian] TWO French tourists who were arrested in Tsumkwe for the possession of pieces of elephant tusk about two weeks ago were on Thursday found guilty in the Grootfontein Magistrate's Court.

[CAJ News] Chiredzi -SECURITY at Gonarezhou National Park has been boosted by the use of new and innovative Spartial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) technology.

[Observer] FDA stakeholders, including Counselor Kasper, Mr. Doyern and Ali Kais Confiscation Manager at the presentation ceremony.

[Observer] "The conservation of sharks and ray is cardinal to Liberia and the world at large," says.

[Deutsche Welle] Cats were considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians so it was unsurprising that the discovery of mummies included so many felines. Lion cubs, however, are a much rarer find.

[News24Wire] Limpopo police have launched a manhunt after five lions were killed on a farm in the Northam area.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -The Tanzania National Parks Authority(Tanapa) said yesterday that it was in final stages of establishing three national parks that will cover a total of 47,000 square meters.

[Daily News] THE Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) has recorded a remarkable increase in revenue collection of over 556bn/-, equivalent to 60 per cent over the past three years.

[Seychelles News Agency] The turtle poachers hunt at night, so conservation officers in Seychelles are increasing their nighttime patrols.

[Namibian] The population of horses in the Namib-Naukluft Park and the Tsau //Khaeb Sperrgebiet) National Park is steadily increasing due to a management plan that was launched at Lüderitz on Friday by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, its partners and stakeholders.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -Tanzania is home to 40 per cent of the world's remaining wild lions, however, the lion's survival is threatened by a number of factors because 60 per cent of them live outside of protected areas, where they are vulnerable to habitat loss, human-wildlife conflict and the bushmeat trade.

[IPS] Rome -Mottled and reddish, the Lake Oku puddle frog has made its tragic debut on the Red List, a rapidly expanding roll call of threatened species. It was once abundant in the Kilum-Ijim rainforest of Cameroon but has not been seen since 2010 and is now listed as critically endangered and possibly extinct.