Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can lead to the deaths of rhinos. Increased precipitation, longer monsoons and seasonal floods are already resulting in stranding, drowning …
Zimbabwe has exported 20 elephants to private game parks in China as part of conservation efforts and amid rising poaching in southern Africa. “The elephants arrived safely in China yesterday” after being flown out of Harare International Airport on Saturday, Environment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere said in an interview on Monday. …
Mustang, July 6: The Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP), Lomanthang has launched a campaign to control poaching of wildlife in the area. Cases of wildlife poaching have reportedly gone up in the area, with six villages in the upper Mustang linked with the road network. Under the first phase of …
ORGANISED criminals including dynamite fishermen and poachers have their days numbered as government teams up with European Union and World Bank to contain spiraling environmental crime. Home Affairs Minister, Mathias Chikawe, Fisheries and Livestock Minister, Dr Titus Kamani, World Bank Country Director for Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, Phillipe Dongier and …
Guwahati: Karina, a German Shepherd specially trained to track poachers, arrived at Kaziranga National Park in the state on Sunday. With poaching in Kaziranga and other rhino habitats in Assam rising, Karina, and her friend in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Raja, is likely to have her paws full. The two German …
U.S. intelligence agencies are considering whether to provide information, analysis and possibly tactical lessons to African governments about how to attack wildlife poaching networks, according to a top official. “We are looking for opportunities” where “we can contribute,” Terrance Ford, the national intelligence manager for Africa in the office of …
Kasane — Chobe District council chairman, Mr Mwanota Kachana, says cross border poaching remains a major concern in the district. Addressing the ongoing full council, Mr Kachana ,said the cross border poaching was not abating though law enforcement agencies in Botswana made concerted efforts. The continuous problem of poaching, he …
A gang of poachers killed a rhino near Kathal Chang forest camp under Burhapahar forest range in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Sunday night around 8.30 pm and managed to flee with the horn. According to sources, the forest guards and other officials heard gunshots. When the guards rushed to …
Hyderabad: The poaching of freshwater turtles in Andhra Pradesh is so rampant that they may enter the list of endangered species. Two freshwater turtle species found in AP — the Indian softshell and the Indian flapshell — are poached. The softshell is already listed as a threatened species by the …
The onslaught on the World’s rhinoceroses continues despite numerous initiatives aimed at curbing it. When losses due to poaching exceed birth rates, declining rhino populations result. We used previously published estimates and growth rates for black rhinos (2008) and white rhinos (2010) together with known poaching trends at the time …
South Africa: SA Troops Amongst Worst Sexual Offenders - UN Report Scientists have extracted elephant DNA from illegal ivory shipments to identify poaching hotspots in Central and East Africa, according to a study published last week. In a paper published in Science on 18 June, a team of researchers led …
U.S. and Chinese officials on Wednesday agreed during high-level talks in Washington to work together to end the "massacre" of wildlife and reduce the flow of illegal wildlife trafficking, a senior U.S. official said. The talks are significant because the United States and China are among the largest markets for …
A biotech firm has managed to 3D print fake rhino horns as part of a bid to curb poaching. Pembient, a startup based in San Francisco, plans to flood the Chinese market with the synthetic horns which carry the same genetic fingerprint as the real thing. The firm uses keratin …
RAS AL KHAIMAH // More than 1,500 violations of environmental laws were discovered by inspectors in the first half of 2015. The violations were logged by the Department of Public Works’ Raqeb (monitor) service, which was set up in 2012 to monitor the Corniche, main streets and beaches in Ras …
A Tanzanian government minister described elephant poaching on Thursday as a national disaster, and urged China to curb its appetite for ivory. The east African nation’s elephant population shrank from around 110,000 in 2009 to a little over 43,000 in 2014, a fall of 60 percent, according to a census …
A series of raids conducted across Asia, Africa and Europe resulted in more than 300 arrests and over 600 seizures of assorted wildlife contraband — from several tons of ivory and rhino horns to whale ribs and sea horses, authorities said on Thursday. Law enforcement agencies from 62 countries took …
Scientists may actually be able to trace poaching with the help of a little DNA. Researchers have started to use DNA from tons of ivory samples in order to find out where in Africa ivory is coming from. "Africa is a huge continent, and poaching is occurring everywhere," said Samuel …
THE elephant population in the country has decreased from 136,000 in 2005 to 43,000 this year, a recent census conducted by the African Wildlife Foundation has shown. This 60 per cent decrease in only ten years has been attributed to, among others, poaching and illegal trade in wild animals. According …
Poaching of elephants is now occurring at rates that threaten African populations with extinction. Identifying the number and location of Africa’s major poaching hotspots may assist efforts to end poaching and facilitate recovery of elephant populations. We genetically assign origin to 28 large ivory seizures (≥0.5 tons) made between 1996-2014, …
In a move to step up action against offences involving wildlife, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has written to various agencies including CBI, paramilitary forces, customs and state police units, asking them to report all such crimes to it. In an advisory, WCCB, a statutory multi-disciplinary body under the …
Windhoek — The escalation in the poaching of rhinos, elephants and other valuable wild animals in the Etosha National Park and around the country's parks has prompted the Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) to commit itself to join forces in the fight against the illegal hunting of game. With the current …
