Tens of thousands of African elephants are under threat from plans for a massive new oilfield in one of the continent’s last great wildernesses, experts have warned. Campaigners and conservationists fear the proposed oilfield stretching across Namibia and Botswana would devastate regional ecosystems and wildlife as well as local communities. The plans are the latest […]
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Elephant Hunts For $70,000 to Fund Zimbabwe National Parks
Zimbabwe plans to sell the right to shoot as many as 500 elephants for as much as $70,000 per animal to help fund the upkeep of its national parks. The hunting season, which takes place over the southern hemisphere winter, will resume this year after the coronavirus pandemic scuppered plans to have elephants shot by […]
White lions face new extinction threat as trophy hunters offered cut-price deals
White lions could be facing a renewed threat of extinction after trophy hunters were offered cut-price deals to shoot them. The rate for killing the rare animals in South Africa has been slashed from £30,000 to £10,000. Trophy hunting in the country brings in around £300million, but has taken a massive financial hit because of […]
Namibia to sell off wild elephants in controversial auction
Despite a petition of over 100,000 signatures condemning the sale, Namibia’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism (MEFT) plans to finalize a controversial auction of 170 of its wild elephants on Friday, January 29. The auction has been met with sharp criticism by some conservationists who have questioned the population data and claims of human-elephant […]
POLL: Should countries be allowed to auction wild elephants?
Namibia has put 170 “high value” wild elephants up for sale due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, the southern African country’s environmental ministry has said An advertisement carried by the state-owned daily New Era said an increase in incidents of human-elephant conflict motivated the sale of the large mammal that is at […]
Die-Off of 5,000 Seal Pups on Beach Triggers Inquiry in Namibia
An unprecedented die-off of over 5,000 Cape fur seal pups on a Namibian beach is being probed by the country’s fisheries ministry. The pups were found dead at Pelican Point near the port of Walvis Bay. The pups were born prematurely and died almost immediately, said Naude Dreyer, a marine biologist at Ocean Conservation Namibia, […]
Namibia’s last wild horses face a perilous future
(CNN) —It’s still debated exactly how the Namibian desert became home to a herd of wild horses. One theory is that diamond prospectors brought horses more than a century ago to since-abandoned mining fields. Another theory, says author and historian Manni Goldbeck, is that they arrived with South African soldiers, who in 1915 landed in […]
The 7 Wild Cats Of Africa You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Africa’s big cats are without a doubt, one of the continent’s biggest attractions. Tourists and wildlife lovers flock from all around the world to view these majestic cats in the wild in national parks like The Serengeti or Kruger National Park. The lion and the leopard are part of Africa’s famous big five and the cheetah is […]
