A HUNDRED elephants die in Zimbabwe drought with babies and elderly most likely to succumb as conservationists sound the alarm on climate change

A HUNDRED elephants die in Zimbabwe drought with babies and elderly most likely to succumb as conservationists sound the alarm on climate change

At least 100 elephants have died in Zimbabwe because of drought, with the most being babies and elderly as conservationists warned about the impacts of climate change. The tragic deaths occurred in Zimbabwe’s largest national park, Hwange National Park, due to an extended dry season, Authorities warned that more could die as forecasts suggest a […]

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Crime analysis sheds light on tiger poaching in Malaysia

Crime analysis sheds light on tiger poaching in Malaysia

Conservationists have for the first time adopted a crime analysis strategy developed for urban policing and applied it to assess the effectiveness of counterpoaching measures to protect the critically endangered Malayan tiger, according to a study published in Frontiers in Conservation Science. A deep-forest ranger patrol was established by conservation NGO Panthera in collaboration with […]

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President who once banned trophy hunting begs MPs to stop wildlife ‘destruction’

President who once banned trophy hunting begs MPs to stop wildlife ‘destruction’

A former African president who banned trophy hunting has urged MPs to attend a vital vote next week “to halt the reckless, cruel destruction of the world’s wonderful wildlife by nature’s enemies.” Ian Khama, 70, who criminalised trophy-hunting in 2014 during his decade in office as the president of Botswana, warned that every day without […]

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