March 15

• IFP Joins Mission to Save Our Lions [press release]

  IFP

  Today IFP MP, Dr Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, was honoured to receive the petition of the Global March Against Canned Lion Hunting outside Parliament in Cape Town. Dr Ambrosini accepted... Read more »

March 14

• Global Protesters Call On SA to Ban Canned Lion Hunting

  SW Radio

  The South African government is facing intense pressure to ban the canned lion hunting trade, as part of global efforts to protect the long term survival of the lion species. Read more »

• Jumbo Menace Hits Otjombinde

  Namibian

  Elephants, believed to have crossed into Namibia from neighbouring Botswana, have been wreaking havoc in villages adjacent to the border fence in the Omaheke Region's Otjombinde... Read more »

March 13

• Fighting Wildlife Security Threats

  The Star

  On 31st January 2014 the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Environment and Natural Resources, Professor Judy Wakhungu appointed a 15 person task force on wildlife security chaired by... Read more »

• Harsher Penalties for Poachers Trumpeted

  Daily News

  A CABINET Minister has called for a review and amendment of existing antipoaching laws to provide for harsher and deterrent penalties against culprits. Read more »

• Wildlife Conservation Challenge

  Financial Gazette

  EVERY 50 metres or so of driving along any bush track inside Hwange National Park, masses of elephant dung litter the road. The jumbos, now numbering over 40 000, are such a common... Read more »

• Novanam the First to Adopt Bird Scaring Lines

  Namibian

  EVERY year in Namibia some 20 000 seabirds are accidentally killed when coming into contact with the trawlers and longliners. Read more »

March 12

• Illegal Trade Threatens Wildlife

  MediaGlobal

  Habitat loss and illegal trade are two major threats faced by wildlife, experts said during the celebration of the United Nation's first-ever World Wildlife Day. These twin threats... Read more »

• German Zoological Organisation Donates 11 Vehicles to Tanzania Anti-Poaching Campaign

  Sabahi

  The Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), a non-governmental organisation in Germany, donated 11 vehicles to the Tanzanian government on Tuesday (March 11th) to support its... Read more »

• Smarter Anti-Poaching Drive On Horizon

  Daily News

  PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has said that the area that is under conservation is quite vast and that lack of adequate manpower was the major challenge in antipoaching efforts in the... Read more »

• Crocodiles Worry Fishermen

  Observer

  Predatory crocodiles are making fishing almost impossible on lake George and Edward in the western district of Kasese. Read more »

March 11

• Ivory Charges Against Amboseli Conservationist Dropped

  Capital FM

  The State has dropped ivory possession charges against a renowned Amboseli elephant conservationist Susan Soila and her son Robert Ntawasa. Read more »

• 'ZAWA Was Wrong'

  Times of Zambia

  AN official from the Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) has said it was negligence of duty for the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) not to suspend the tendering process for... Read more »

March 10

• Elephants Distinguish Between Human Languages, Voices - Study

  VOA

  When humans talk, African elephants listen -- and pay attention. Read more »

• Ostrich Eggs Land Trio in Jail

  The Star

  Three men who were found guilty of being in possession of seven ostrich eggs worthy Shs 105 000 were on Friday jailed for eight months each by a Kilgoris court. Read more »

• Elephant Attacks and Kills Man

  New Era

  On Friday at Kahanga, a village in the Mukwe constituency an elephant attacked two male victims, trampling one to death, while the other managed to escape the beast. Read more »

March 09

• Vietnam Commits to Fight Poaching

  Daily News

  AMID accusations of the country's involvement in illegal ivory trade, the Vietnamese government has announced that enforcement of sanctions against wildlife crime is to be... Read more »

• Solution Found to Man-Monkey Conflict

  Daily News

  PERCEIVED as agricultural pests and hence farmers' enemy number one until recently, the Zanzibar Red Colobus monkey is now possibly one of the most famous and revered resident of... Read more »

March 07

• Govt Seeks World's Help to Stop Poaching

  Daily News

  SHORTAGE of personnel and modern equipment is holding back Tanzania's efforts to curb poaching of its wildlife and thus a need for assistance from the international community to... Read more »

• Black Rhino Killed By Poachers in the Mara

  The Star

  A male black rhino has been killed at Paradise plains in Musiara Conservancy near the world-famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Narok County yesterday. Read more »

• Wildlife Tourism, a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry at Risk [opinion]

  Deutsche Welle

  As the global travel industry convenes in Berlin to attend the International Tourism Board (ITB) this week, a group of African tourism ministers and the World Tourism Organization... Read more »

• Human-Wildlife Conflict Solution

  The Star

  Kisumu MCAs have recommended that policy legislations be put in place to eradicate human wildlife conflict. Read more »

March 04

• Second Phase Elephant Census On Cards

  Daily News

  THE Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute(TAWIRI) intends to start the second phase of elephant census in the Northern Circuit that comprises Tarangire, Serengeti and Lake Manyara... Read more »

• Cunene Police Seize 12 Poaching Weapons

  ANGOP

  At least 12 poaching weapons and 750 cartridges of 12 milimetres were seized over the last weekend in the border locality of Santa-clara, southern Cunene province, by officers of... Read more »

• Wildlife Campaign Wins Far-Reaching Support [document]

  State Department

  The first World Wildlife Day wins strong support, as the awareness of the destruction of iconic species such as elephants and rhinoceros grows more widely. The U.N. secretary... Read more »