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US Leaders Overseeing Cites: Do your jobs - an Open Letter to President Donald Trump
Dear Mr President, The international agency charged with protecting wildlife on the brink of extinction is known as CITES - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild ...Published: 23 Jan 2025 at 22:45hrs | 299 | by Emmanuel Koro
EXPOSED: Zimbabwean scammer Webinston Jokonya fakes to create new country
In a surprising twist, investigations by this publication and others into the claimed discovery and establishment of the United Republic of Delvin (URD) on Howland Island by Zimbabwean national Dr. We...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 11:21hrs | 481 | by Mandla Ndlovu
U.S. removal of hold on elephant trophy hunting imports to boost Namibia's wildlife conservation
Namibia's wildlife conservation efforts were this year boosted following the U.S. Government's removal of the unnecessary hold on the African elephant trophy hunting imports. The five-yea...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:14hrs | 20 | by Emmanuel Koro
US hunter kills two Zimbabwean elephants; claims self defence
AN American hunter who who shot dead two elephants with his friend has seen his company's website and social media sites swamped with furious messages.Photos of Mike Jines standing over the co...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 09:02hrs | 7 | by Agencies
US relaxes ban on Zim elephant trophies
A herd of close to 400 elephants has wreaked havoc in the Mtetengwe, Mazunga and Malala villages of Beitbridge, destroying cropsThe United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has announced ...Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
U.S. the biggest importer of endangered African wildlife trophies
The United States remains the biggest importer of trophy-hunted endangered animals in the world in spite of Donald Trump's recent public comments overturning a decision by the US Departmen...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 09:02hrs | 20 | by Adam Cruise
US ban canned lion trophy imports from South Africa
Because South Africa was unable to demonstrate the conservation value of canned lion hunting, the United States last week banned the import of all trophies from captive lion hunts in the country. ...Published: 24 Oct 2016 at 09:09hrs | | by Don Pinnock
Zimbabwe fails to punish Cecil's killers
Zimbabwe has all but let Cecil's killers off the hook as Mugabe's wife says hunter did nothing wrong."I say the dentist who killed the lion must be left alone," said Mrs Mugabe, adding that th...Published: 14 Sep 2015 at 13:05hrs | 2 | by Adam Cruise
Cecil was significant to Zimbabwe's economy
The recent killing of Cecil the lion by an American dentist, Walter Palmer was not just a mere slaughtering of an animal but it was rather damaging of a natural resource that generated income wh...Published: 12 Aug 2015 at 17:49hrs | 11 | by Peacemaker Zano
Killing of Cecil sparks calls to ban trophy hunting
The maiming with a crossbow and later killing of Cecil, the famous Hwange lion, by American dentist Walter Palmer has led to an international firestorm of protest and calls for the...Published: 03 Aug 2015 at 18:10hrs | 1 | by Don Pinnock
Zimbabwean authorities say killing Cecil the lion was definitely illegal
Despite belated claims by American dentist Walter Palmer and Theo Bronkhorst, the professional hunter from Bushman Safaris that killing Cecil the lion was legal, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Manage...Published: 03 Aug 2015 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Adam Cruise
US launches probe into killing of Cecil the Zimbabwean lion
Washington - US authorities launched an investigation on Thursday into the killing of a beloved lion in Zimbabwe, as the American dentist who hunted the big cat remained in hiding amid mounting global...Published: 31 Jul 2015 at 06:05hrs | | by Agencies
Zimbabwe baby elephants headed for Chinese circus
A grim fate likely awaits young elephants plucked from Zimbabwe's wild.Sources in Zimbabwe say that young elephants seized from their mothers in Hwange National Park months ago are about to be...Published: 01 Jul 2015 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Christina Russo
Zimbabwe stealing and selling Zambia jumbos?
WASHINGTON - Zimbabwe's plans to export baby elephants deserve swift condemnation from the United States, conservationists told a federal judge.They also claimed that some of the elephants do ...Published: 11 Jun 2015 at 14:12hrs | | by Courthouse News
Don't boycotting tourism on Zimbabwe
This article first appeared on the African Bush Camps website.I regard myself as privile...Published: 28 Mar 2015 at 18:54hrs | 1 | by Beks Ndlovu
Zimbabwe hunting revenue decline by 30%
Zimbabwe recorded a 30% decline in revenue from sport hunting since the United States banned all ivory and elephant trophies from Zimbabwe last April, an official said at the end of last month....Published: 18 Feb 2015 at 12:39hrs | 3 | by Adam Cruise
US taken to task over Zimbabwe ivory ban
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service was last week taken to task over its suspension of Zimbabwean ivory at the 13th meeting of the African Wildlife Consultative Forum (AWCR) held in Kenya....Published: 11 Nov 2014 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
US provides over $300,000 for Elephant and Rhino Conservation in Zimbabwe
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) provided over $300,000 for elephant and rhinoceros conservation in Zimbabwe, pushing the amount that the agency has donated in Zimbabwe since 20...Published: 18 Sep 2014 at 14:08hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe wants US to lift ivory-import ban immediately
Wildlife administrators in Zimbabwe asked the U.S. government to lift a temporary ban on ivory imports from the southern African nation immediately, the Department of Parks and Wildlife Management Au...Published: 15 Jul 2014 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Bloomberg
West tightens Sanctions screws
The west will not, anytime soon, rest its agenda of toppling the people elected ZANU PF government. The freezing of the Zimbabwean embassy bank account, banning of sport hunted elephants a...Published: 25 Apr 2014 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Caitlin Kamba
US court to decide on Zim elephant ban
Safari Club International a not for profit conservation organisation yesterday filed a lawsuit to challenge the United States Fish and Wildlife Service reported abrupt and unwarranted ban on the ...Published: 24 Apr 2014 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere launches a scathing attack on Walter Mzembi
ENVIRONMENT, Water and Climate minister Saviour Kasukuwere has launched a scathing attack on Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Walter Mzembi for "poking his nose" into issues he had no expert...Published: 22 Apr 2014 at 09:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Wildlife conservation groups successfully collar nine elephants in Kenya
Wildlife conservation groups on Wednesday completed a three-day operation, successfully collaring nine elephants in the world-famous national parks in Kenya.The nine collared elephants, six ma...Published: 24 Mar 2012 at 11:30hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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