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Botswana's elephants: myths vs facts
Botswana president, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, recently hosted a summit in Kasane for five southern African heads of state to forge a common regional elephant conservation policy. Since Masisi took over it...Published: 23 May 2019 at 07:52hrs | 8 | by Conservation Action Trust
South African arrested in Mozambique's Limpopo National Park on poaching charge
A South African, Pieter Jansen van Rensberg, has been arrested on a charge of poaching inside the protected buffer zone of the Mozambique's Parque Nacional de Limpopo (PNL), which abuts the Kruger Nat...Published: 13 Dec 2016 at 11:09hrs | 1 | by Don Pinnock Environmental journalist
Elephant ambassador Charlie felled by poacher’s guns
Tracking collars and sophisticated telemetary are a good way to see where wild elephants roam. They can also lead grisly discoveries about where they die. ...Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 15:30hrs | 7 | by Don Pinnock
Meet Charlie Elephant
We first spotted Charlie from about 700 foot up over the arid Mozambique savannah and it was love at fist sight… A majestic African elephant bull, approaching his prime with strikingly handsome tusk...Published: 29 Sep 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Jacqueline Lahoud
European Union puts African elephants in jeopardy
The first act of the EU as a full member of The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), may well jeopardise the future of African elephants.At ...Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 11:14hrs | 2 | by Adam Cruise
Africa's uneven wildlife legislation good news for ivory poachers
One of the reasons ivory poachers are so successful in Africa is the unevenness of legislation and penalties in different national administrations.This will be one of the considerations at an ...Published: 06 Nov 2013 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Francis Garrard
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