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Elephant poaching
Poaching slows but Africa's elephants still face extinction
Last year the kill rate was about 4%, or 15,000 animals, according to new research published in Nature Communications.
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Hong Kong: The ideal transit hub for wildlife traffickers
Data showing wildlife that being smuggled in Hong Kong.
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High-level panel to be established to review SA’s wildlife policies
This body will be tasked with assessing legislation and practices in terms of lions, elephants and rhinoceros breeding, hunting, trading and handling.
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SANParks concerned by rise in elephant poaching in KNP
According to SANParks, 58 elephants have been killed so far this year compared to 32 killed last year.
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Nearly 100 elephants killed for ivory in Botswana
The wild pachyderms were shot with heavy-calibre rifles at watering spots near a popular wildlife sanctuary in the Okavango Delta.
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2 alleged poachers shot dead at Loskop Nature Reserve
The pair of alleged criminals started shooting shortly after being tracked down on Saturday night and police returned fire.
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China being handled with kid gloves over animal cruelty, says activist
Animal Rights says a number of arrests have been made recently, with several Chinese nationals found in possession of rhino horns and ivory in SA.
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China to ban domestic ivory trade by end of 2017
Poaching is a major factor contributing to the rapid decline in the numbers of African elephants, with about 20,000 slaughtered every year.
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Kenya seizes nearly 2 tonnes of ivory from shipment bound for Cambodia
Authorities in Singapore returned the shipment to Mombasa after Kenya raised the alarm.
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10 elephants killed in Mozambique reserve
The country has lost 48 percent of its elephant population in just five years.
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OPINION: Environmental crime’s threat to Africa
Jean-Jacques Cornish says African nations cannot agree on fighting environmental crime.
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UN gathering rejects southern African bids to trade ivory, rhino horn
Member states on CITES voted overwhelmingly at a conference to reject the proposals to sell tusks & horns.
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Rangers try gaming technology to protect African wildlife
An initiative is applying artificial intelligence and game theory algorithms to predict poachers movement.
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OPINION: Conservation decisions must protect livelihoods of people living in Africa
Are the rights of communities to development, food security & cultural heritage undermined by conservation?
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Four elephants found dead from suspected poisoning in Zim
Their tusks appear to have been cut off with a chainsaw; cyanide poisoning is suspected.
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African elephant population faces rapid decline
African elephant population faces rapid decline
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Zimbabwe slams critics over plans to sell ivory
Officials have questioned the sincerity of 29 African countries strongly opposing its plans.
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African elephant population tumbles due to poaching
Losses in Tanzania have been staggering, which saw a 60% decline in its elephant population.
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IUCN paints a bleak picture for Africa’s elephant population
The IUCN’s survey showed a net declined of 111,000 elephants across 37 range states in Sub-Saharan African.
