Tanzania Police and Interpol seize 1,279kg of ivory valued at 2.11 million dollars
Tanzania Police in collaboration with Interpol seized elephant ivory worth over 2.11 million Dollars. Nine suspected smugglers were also arrested in the operation by...
Tanzania Reintates Permit of Hunting Company Accused of Cruelty to Animals – Report
Tanzanian authorities have reinstasted the licence of a hunting company whose permit had been suspended in 2014 after its trophy hunter clients were caught...
Tanzania halts multi-million energy project to protect wildlife
A decision by Tanzania to halt a multi-million dollar energy project to protect a wildlife sanctuary and farming land has been applauded by conservationists....
KWS to use digital mechanisms to curb down poaching
Kenya Wildlife Service will now use smart phones to track endangered species of elephants, lions and cheetahs that are at risk of poaching. In...
Tanzania to use paramilitary force to protect wildlife
The Tanzanian Government will use paramilitary force to protect wildlife and other natural resources in the country. According to the country’s authorities, the paramilitary...
Kenya’s oldest Elephant attacked in poaching attempt
Kenya’s biggest and oldest elephant “Tim”, was attacked by poachers at the Amboseli National Park last week. The elephant was found by conservationist David...
JKIA records highest number if ivory seizures in 7 years
Seventeen percent of illegal ivory seized worldwide in the past seven years was confiscated at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. According to a report...
Kenya’s new Airport Court to deal with illegal ivory and drug trafficking
Kenya opened its first airport court at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The court will handle cases to do with International illegal ivory...
70,000 hectares of forests is lost to illegal logging every year – UN Report
A new report has shown that Kenya loses 70,000 hectares of forest each year to illegal logging. The report done by United Nations Environment...
Campaign to Save Elephants launched by Kenya’s First Lady
Kenya’s First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta launched a conservation campaign to save elephants and rhinos. The Elephant Education Campaign Walk dubbed “ivory belongs to elephants,”...
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