President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that all illegal stockpiles of ivory will be destroyed during the course of the year. Read more »
The government has embarked on research aimed at finding the reasons. Read more »
First Lady Grace Mugabe has allegedly let loose wild animals in a move meant to scare away villagers who had initially resisted evictions. Read more »
A major new study provides disturbing proof that the crisis facing African elephants is even worse than people imagined, driven by the exploding trade in illegal ivory in China. ... Read more »
According to the director of Kenya Wildlife Service, measures put in place to curb poaching are bearing fruit. Read more »
Ian Player - who is credited with saving the white rhino from extinction in KwaZulu-Natal in the 1950s - has been described as a conservation icon. Read more »
The plane had been donated by the Howard G. Buffet Foundation. Read more »
According to reports over the past two years, tons of ivory poached from elephants in Uganda have been seized in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Read more »
The department of environmental affairs has said that efforts to curb the slaughter of rhinos is exacerbated by the fact that poachers are lured by the promise of wealth from the ... Read more »
Police have said that they have made a major breakthrough in the fight against rhino poaching by arresting six suspected poachers. Read more »
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