DNA from Smuggled Ivory Helps Identify Trafficking Gangs
Scientists have used DNA collected from smuggled ivory shipments to identify three organised groups of criminals responsible for trafficking in ivory at the height...
Court in Somaliland Rules in Favour of Smuggled Cheetah Cubs
By Rupi Mangat
Nairobi, Sept 13 - An excited Patricia Tricorache calls to tell about a landmark court case on 27 August 2018 in Somaliland...
Rules of the Bush
By Delta Willis
An American man who taunted a bison in Yellowstone National Park was sentenced to 60 days in jail and banned from the...
Speedy Trial of Wildlife Crime Suspects in Kenya Not Certain – Report
Nairobi, Aug 24 – High-profile traffickers in illegal wildlife products in Kenya are not being brought to justice with certainty, according to the latest...
Acquittal of Ivory Trafficking Convict a Blow to Justice
By Jim Karani
A Kenyan High Court judge has set free convicted ivory trafficker, Feisal Ali Mohammed, who was serving a 20-year sentence and a...
Kenya Launches Campaign to Boost Awareness of Wildebeest and Whale Migration
Nairobi, Aug 13 – Kenya’s tourism ministry has launched a campaign dubbed Twin Migration to promote awareness of the wildebeest migration in the Masai...
New Study Shows Orphaned Elephants Have a Tougher Social Life
Nairobi, Aug 13 - Young female orphan elephants have a tougher social life than those with mothers, according to a new study that adds...
Poachers kill another rhino in Kenya after multiple pachyderm deaths
Nairobi, July 31 – Suspected poachers have killed a black rhino in Kenya’s Lake Nakuru National Park, bringing the rhinoceros death toll in the...
Kenyan Black Rhinos Died of Stress and Salt Poisoning after Relocation
Nairobi, July 26 - The cause of death of ten critically endangered rhinoceros that perished recently in Kenya after they were moved to a...
Eight Black Rhinos Die in Kenya after Translocation
Nairobi, July 13 - An attempt to translocate the critically endangered black rhinos in Kenya has turned tragic after eight of them died following...
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Nairobi National Park Development Plans Reignite Conservation Debate
NAIROBI, July 1 (Swara) - Nairobi National Park has once again become the focus of national conservation debate following renewed proposals to...
Nairobi National Park Must Not Become a Zoo
By Paula Kahumbu
There is a deep irony in the current debate about Nairobi National Park. For years, the...
Nations, Partners Pledge $6.4 Billion for Ocean Conservation at Mombasa Summit
Mombasa, Kenya, June 26 - More than 100 governments, businesses and civil society organisations pledged 320 new commitments worth $6.4 billion for...
Rhino Charge Heads to Samburu as Conservation Impact Grows
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Nairobi, Feb 27 (Swara) - Kenya on Thursday officially launched its National Blue Economy Strategy 2025–2030, setting out an ambitious plan to...
Elephants Learn to Ignore Drones, Opening New Doors for Research
NAIROBI, Nov 28 (Swara) – Elephants in Kenya have demonstrated an ability to adapt to and ignore surveillance drones, a discovery researchers...