Wildlife News

[SAnews.gov.za] Private reserves on the western boundary of the Kruger National Park and government have committed to working together on a number of areas, including tackling wildlife crime, enhancing transformation and improving the local economy.

[The Conversation Africa] Over the past 25 years, I have spent a lot of time counting lions as part of my job. Only last month, I spent three hours with two males - possibly brothers - right next to my car in Maze National Park, Ethiopia. Lions come in the night, very quietly. Despite weighing well over 20 stone (around 150kg), you do not hear their footsteps. What you hear is their breathing, the turbo of the killing machine.

[International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity] Nairobi -- How could it be that we possessed and protected this land for millennia and this sacred link is in danger of disappearing from Tanzania's history in merely 60 years?

[The Herald] Elita Chikwati -- Acting Features Editor

[New Republic] The Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority, C. Mike Doyen says the sector is making progress in ensuring that the sector works better for the good of the citizens.

[VOA] Malawi's government and conservationists have announced plans to move 250 elephants from a park in the country's south to a central one that has lost nearly all its population to poaching. But communities living near the park fear the new arrivals could lead to greater human-wildlife conflict.

[IPS] Bonn, Germany -- You probably use wild species far more often than you realise. For many people, especially in more developed economies, the use of wild species sounds like something quite removed from their everyday lives - something perhaps more relevant to other people, in other countries.

[The Herald] Sifelani Tsiko -- Innovations Editor

[Namibian] THE Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism is investigating some of its workers at Etosha National Park for possibly playing a part in the rhino poaching syndicate which recently left 11 of the mammals dead.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and its partners, over the weekend, conducted a one-day legislative retreat for members of the National Legislature to discuss draft amendments and Restatement being proposed to the 2016 National Wildlife Conservation and Protected Area Management Law of Liberia. The Bill seeks to improve the legal framework governing wildlife management, protection, and utilization.

[Namibia Economist] The Namibia Scientific Society is inviting the public to a public talk by conservation scientist Novald Iiambo, titled 'Game Count Conservation in Khaudum National Park', on 21 June at 19:00.

[RFI] Conservationists in the central African nation of Chad have discovered a new population of critically-endangered Kordofan giraffes, best known for their plain white knee-high 'socks'.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] The COP15 conference, which is due to agree a new global deal to protect biodiversity, has been postponed several times as host nation China grapples with the pandemic

[UCT] No single knowledge system can fully understand the effects of climate change on the world's oceans and the impact on humanity's complex relationship with the sea. Understanding the oceans and how people relate to them is framed by contexts of nationhood, language and background, said the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Professor Marcello Vichi. "Many knowledges are needed."

[Survival International] Thousands of Maasai people have fled their homes and escaped into the bush following a brutal police crackdown on protests against government attempts to evict them to make way for trophy hunters and conservation.

[Africa Check] A graphic circulating on social media claims that seven species of bee are "on the endangered species list". It adds that if all bees disappeared, strawberries, avocados, and coffee would also disappear.

[Nyasa Times] Minister of Tourism, Culture and Wildlife, Michael UIsi has said game rangers must respond with equivalent action whenever they see that their lives are in danger against poachers.

[RFI] Francis Kamau boasts a large farm in the beautiful Laikipia County plains in Kenya. Each year as he prepares his land for the next crop season, a nagging question refuses to leave his mind: "Will my crop survive an elephant attack?"

[Capital FM] Kajiado -- Kajiado residents have been urged to form conservancies as an option to mitigate human wildlife conflicts which have been rampant in most parts of the county.

[The Conversation Africa] In parts of Africa, a small bird called the Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator) helps people search for honey. It approaches people and chatters and flies in the direction of a wild bees' nest, urging the person to follow. When bird and human reach the nest together, the human honey-hunter knows just what to do: they subdue the bees and harvest the honey with smoke and tools. When that's done, the little bird feeds on the beeswax and larvae left behind.

[New Era] The ministry of environment has recorded an alarming number of rhino carcasses in Etosha National Park from the beginning of this month. Eleven black rhinos have been poached in the last two weeks.

[New Era] A herd of elephants with babies invaded and continued to damage houses and fences at Oshikondailongo village in the Onesi constituency.

[Namibia Economist] The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) on Tuesday confirmed that with an ongoing operation in Etosha National Park, 11 rhino carcasses from the beginning of June to date have been discovered.

[Daily Maverick] Although all three men were caught before they could kill any rhinos, the death toll for the species has already reached 123 in KwaZulu-Natal in the first six months of this year.

[Capital FM] Mombasa -- Wildlife and environmental conservationists now want the national government to gazette elephant migratory corridors in the country to protect endangered animal and reduce human wildlife conflicts.

[Africa Renewal] Ocean more turbulent than decades ago, says Tanzanian fisherman

[Daily Maverick] The criminal case opened by former spy boss Arthur Fraser against President Cyril Ramaphosa has put the spotlight on prices paid for prized game in South Africa, including a rare variation of gemsbok -- the red oryx

[New Times] In 1970, the National Geographic did a story about a woman deep in the African juggles who was working to save gorillas; the magazine was sold in the United States. A 12-year old girl found the magazine in her parents' house and was amazed when she saw Dian Fossey holding a baby gorilla.

[SAnews.gov.za] Various stakeholders have pledged their commitment to finding a lasting solution to the issue of baboon management in the City of Cape Town.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- An elephant has given birth to twins at the Aberdare National Park, an extremely rare occurrence.