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March 21
Eswatini: Wildlife Conservation, Traditional Medicine Collide in Eswatini
Traditional medicine, or "muti," is an important part of Eswatini's culture. However, an increasing demand for muti has placed some of the southern African kingdom's animal species… Read more »
March 12
Botswana: Botswana Communities March Against UK's Anti-Hunting Bill
Scores of people from communities living near wildlife in Botswana marched Tuesday against an anti-hunting bill presented to Britain's House of Commons. The protesters delivered a… Read more »
February 27
Kenya: Kenyan Communities Embrace Alternative Crops to Ease Human-Wildlife Conflict
Kenyan communities near Tsavo National Park are seeing a rise in human-wildlife conflict, impacting their lives and income. Communities near the park complain of animal attacks and… Read more »
December 21, 2023
Kenya: Scientists Aim to Save Northern White Rhino From Extinction
Kenyan and international researchers are hoping to save the northern white rhino species from extinction by implanting eggs from an older female northern white rhino into a female… Read more »
September 22, 2023
Southern Africa: UK Trophy-Hunting Bill Fails - Southern African Countries Relieved
Southern African countries that allow trophy hunting are relieved after a bill seeking to ban the import of legally obtained wildlife trophies from Africa into the United Kingdom… Read more »
Malawi: Villagers in Central Malawi Face Attacks From Elephants
Residents in areas surrounding Malawi's Kasungu National Park are criticizing two wildlife organizations for allegedly enabling deadly elephant incursions. Read more »
September 18, 2023
Southern Africa: Buffalo From Zimbabwe Expose Botswana Cattle to Possible Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Botswana has put restrictions on the movement of cloven-hoofed animals in the northeast of the country after an incursion of buffalo from Zimbabwe put cattle at risk of contracting… Read more »
September 12, 2023
Botswana: Botswana Blasts Hunting Critic, Says Elephant Killings Are Negligible
The Botswana government responded to criticism from an anti-hunting activist, saying the number of elephants legally killed by hunters since the lifting of a hunting ban in 2019 is… Read more »
September 01, 2023
Southern Africa: Southern Africa Elephant Population Increases Amid Concerns Over Mortality Rate
The elephant population in southern Africa has increased by 5% since 2016 to nearly 228,000, according to results of a first ever aerial census conducted last year. However, there… Read more »
June 09, 2023
Namibia: Namibian Government Approves Culling 86,000 Seals
This year's Cape fur seal culling along Namibia's coastline is set to begin July 1 - a harvest that's done onshore for population control. Read more »
May 29, 2023
Namibia: Namibia Targets 600 Rhinos for Dehorning
Since the start of the year, at least six rhinos have been poached in Etosha National Park, home to the highest concentration of black rhinos in the world. Last week, the Ministry… Read more »
May 16, 2023
Kenya: Conservationists Decry Killing of Lions in Kenya That Attacked Livestock
Wildlife conservationists in Kenya said the killing of 10 lions in the past week is reversing gains made in efforts to protect the big cats' dwindling population. Read more »
April 13, 2023
Cameroon: Villagers Say Elephants Devastate Farmlands, Plead for Help
Villagers in southern Cameroon are complaining about the destruction of farmland by wild elephants in areas bordering Gabon and Equatorial Guinea and are calling on authorities to… Read more »
Botswana: Govt On Alert After Shooting of Rhinos in Sanctuary
Botswana's wildlife authorities say four rhinoceroses were shot, and two of them died, in a heavily guarded sanctuary, although their horns were not removed. The shootings at the… Read more »
March 07, 2023
Cameroon: Cameroon to Revamp Wildlife Reserve Hit By Terrorism, Poaching, Deforestation
Tourism officials in Cameroon are meeting to revamp the country's most important wildlife reserve, Waza National Park, which has suffered from terrorism, poaching, and… Read more »
February 21, 2023
Botswana: Poaching, Natural Causes Have Decimated Rhino Population, Lawmakers Told
Botswana's wildlife officials say the country has lost half of its wild rhinoceroses to poaching and natural causes since 2018. Read more »
February 10, 2023
Africa: Conservationists Skeptical of India's African Cheetah Introduction Plan
The Indian government's plan to introduce African cheetahs into the wild in India after relocating them from the African continent has been criticized by many conservationists who… Read more »
January 25, 2023
South Africa: U.S., South Africa Launch Taskforce On Wildlife Trafficking
South Africa and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced plans Wednesday to form a task force that will combat the financing of wildlife trafficking. Read more »
December 15, 2022
Botswana: Botswana Communities Earn $5 Million Through Elephant Hunting
Botswana's government says rural communities have earned $5 million since last year from the proceeds of elephant hunting. Conservationists object to the practice, but local… Read more »
December 09, 2022
West Africa: Gulf of Guinea Countries Agree to Stop Illegal Chinese Fishing
Chinese boats are decimating West Africa's fish stocks and fishing communities in the Gulf of Guinea, say environmental groups. Read more »
November 16, 2022
Botswana: Rhino Poaching Way Down in Botswana
Botswana said it's seen a dramatic drop in rhinoceros poaching this year after taking greater steps to protect its shrinking rhino population. Read more »
November 03, 2022
Tanzania: Report - Tanzania's Elephant Population Recovering
Tanzania's Ministry of Tourism released a census this week showing the country's elephant population has stabilized. Read more »
October 21, 2022
Uganda: Ugandan Wildlife Trafficker Gets Life in Prison
A court in Uganda has given a lifetime prison sentence to a man convicted of illegally trafficking wildlife products, but the verdict leaves wildlife officials and human rights… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Namibia: Chinese Rhino Horn Smuggler Escapes From Namibian Prison
Authorities in Namibia say a Chinese man jailed for smuggling rhinoceros horns has escaped from prison. Read more »
October 04, 2022
South Africa: Bird Flu Hits Colony of Endangered Penguins
South African conservationists are on high alert after an outbreak of bird flu killed close to 30 penguins at one of the country's most stable colonies and a popular tourist… Read more »
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