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https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2025/Nearly-20-000-live-animals-seized-365-suspects-arrested-in-largest-ever-wildlife-and-forestry-operation 138 countries and regions join forces to target fauna and flora trafficking worldwide LYON, France – Nearly 20,000 live animals, all...

https://theconversation.com/discovery-in-south-africa-holds-oldest-evidence-of-mixing-ingredients-to-make-arrow-poison-247250 In 1983 archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified antelope and was found to be 7,000 years old...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2025/01/17/the-economic-and-environmental-benefits-of-grouse-shooting-in-the-uk/ BY CHARLES HOFFMAN Grouse shooting is a time-honoured tradition in the UK, deeply rooted in the cultural and historical fabric of rural Britain. Beyond its heritage value, grouse...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2024/11/04/you-have-been-verwoerd/ It is that time of year, when poisonous mushrooms suddenly re-erupt all over the place without warning and this year many are, as in the past, infected by a particularly stubborn pathogen. Despite dying instantly when exposed to...

https://theasc.com/articles/most-dangerous-game Hunting The Most Dangerous Game Looking back on the creative — yet budget-conscious — production of this influential Pre Code 1932 thriller, which has been remade numerous times since. George E. Turner An enormous Gothic door fills the opening...

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-09-25-malawi-man-killed-by-hyenas-heralds-new-horror-in-human-elephant-conflict-zone/ By Ed Stoddard The killing of a Malawian man by hyenas near Kasungu National Park, in an area that has become a flashpoint of human/wildlife conflict since a...

LOLIONDO, Tanzania — Whistleblowers speaking to Mongabay have reported instances of poaching over decades in Tanzania linked to a luxury hunting firm catering to the United Arab Emirates’ elites and royals. The insiders are from Ortello — sometimes spelled Otterlo — Business Corporation (OBC)...

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2024-08-19-trophy-hunting-we-need-alternative-plans-not-bans/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=first_thing&mle=MEdjczVNYUpZeFBuZmN2SkdvQUJXSnRtZlN3bHRqaE1aTDlQQUVkcExsaXJQTHQxcFZsNCt5YUJwMENldHpmM05WQ2VHQTRHWStwU2ZYcG40UVprUEQ0YjFOVzV3R...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2024/04/11/european-colonialism-is-back-as-animal-rights/ BY JOHN NASH This week, I have been remembering a silly school joke: Apart from hailing from a time, long ago, before PC’s went PC, when British policemen were helpful, respectful and sane, I hope the joke...

On August 12, 2012, the inaugural World Elephant Day was launched. The elephant is loved, revered, and respected by people and cultures around the world.

https://theconversation.com/false-stereotypes-mean-endangered-animals-are-being-protected-in-the-wrong-places-234023 Giant panda reclining in cloudy hills eating bamboo, European bison picking their way through gloomy and lichen-draped forests, and Cape mountain zebra roaming arid mountains...

https://www.namibian.com.na/namibia-to-lose-n260m-over-uks-anti-trophy-hunting-bill/ Namibia stands to lose more than N$260 million annually in potential revenue from the hunting industry due to the decision by the United Kingdom’s ruling Labour Party to implement an anti-trophy hunting bill...

https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/scientists-call-for-halt-to-elephant-hunting-along-kenya-tanzania-border-4674042#google_vignette A group of international scientists said Thursday that the hunting of elephants along the Kenya-Tanzania border for their tusks should be...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202405290564.html When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did something that caught the attention of the scientists observing him. The animal chewed the leaves of a liana vine - a plant not...

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/zimbabwe-look-east-trophy-hunting-export-markets-2024-05-28/ LIVINGSTONE, Zambia, May 28 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean wildlife authorities are eyeing trophy hunting export markets in the East as some European countries move to ban trophy imports, an...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202406040552.html Livingstone — Environment and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta has come out strongly against CITES' decision to ban ivory from being sold on international markets. In an interview with New Era on the sidelines of the just-ended KAZA summit in...

https://theconversation.com/our-laser-technique-can-tell-apart-elephant-and-mammoth-ivory-heres-how-it-may-disrupt-the-ivory-trade-228636 In recent years, the global trade in elephant ivory has faced significant restrictions in an effort to protect dwindling elephant populations. Many countries...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2024/01/12/stirrer-fry/ Fur Stirrer Fry BY JOHN NASH Being an Old Testament bloke, I usually reply in kind to those rude people who call law-abiding farmers, hunters, field-sportspeople and wildlife managers “murderers, killers and evil monsters”. I insult people...

https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/africa/kenya-scrap-visas-all-visitors-president-says-756726 The tourism industry plays a vital role in Kenya's economy, offering beach holidays along its Indian Ocean coastline and wildlife safaris inland. Visitors to Kenya from across the world will no longer...

https://www.newzimbabwe.com/rural-council-ceo-up-for-dodgy-us900k-safari-hunting-deals/ NYAMINYAMI Rural District Council (NRDC), chief executive officer, Cletus Gwabva Matingwina, who was arrested on allegations of criminal abuse of duty, appeared in court last week over the dubious awarding...

Sossusvlei Namibia taken by S. Levi Kalahari South Africa

https://cites.org/eng/news/sg/ecites-transforming-global-wildlife-trade-management We have all witnessed how rapidly digitalization has progressed in recent years and I am excited to share with you how CITES is embracing the digital age. Major progress has been made by Parties, the...

https://www.news24.com/fin24/climate_future/solutions/how-dung-paper-is-helping-elephant-conservation-in-kenya-20230911 Since 2014, Kenya's elephant population has almost doubled, with poaching incidences declining. A community-owned project that makes paper out of elephant dung is also...

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/gladiator-games-animals-0018684 The ancient Roman gladiator games were a spectacle of blood and brutality that captivated audiences for centuries. While we may imagine sword-wielding gladiators fighting to the death in the arena, there...

https://www.mahohboh.org/conservation-explained-for-the-south-african-politician-and-nature-lover/ “Conservation”, a.k.a. Wildlife Management, is the art and craft of manipulating the principles that govern the processes of nature – to achieve man-designed objectives. There is nothing ‘natural’...

https://globalpressjournal.com/africa/zimbabwe/farmers-wildlife-zimbabwes-conservation-areas-fraught-coexistence/ MUTARE, ZIMBABWE — On a farm in Chiredzi district, around 200 kilometers (124 miles) south of Mutare, Innocent Jazi has lost count of how much of his livestock has been killed by...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202308030030.html Team headed by Cape Town researcher makes exciting discovery during a biodiversity survey of this little-studied country Good news tends to be scarce in the international conservation arena, so the recent confirmation of the presence of a wild...

https://www.worldtravelguide.net/guides/africa/zimbabwe/ Why Go on a Zimbabwe Safari - Wildlife, Adventures & Stunning Landscapes In the north, you get a triple dose of natural wonder from Victoria Falls, Hwange, and Mana Pools National Parks, a World Heritage Site. About 11% of Zimbabwe's land...

https://www.mahohboh.org/british-queen-camilla-gets-it-right-on-carrying-ivory-rod-anti-ivory-groups-dont/ African conservationists and a U.S.A ivory education specialist have condemned anti-ivory use groups for protesting British Queen Consort Camilla’s determination to carry a rod made of...

https://theconversation.com/half-of-africas-white-rhino-population-is-in-private-hands-its-time-for-a-new-conservation-approach-205860 Southern white rhinos are widely known as a conservation success story. Their population grew from fewer than 100 individuals in the 1920s to 20,000 in 2012...

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-trophy-hunting-could-be-key-to-saving-africas-wildlife/ The lion or elephant in the photo should be stone-cold dead. The hunter posing with it should be ugly, fat, and preferably American. Cue to social media outrage from celebrities, journalists, and...

https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20230508-bone-sharing-and-separate-rooms-help-hyenas-porcupines-warthogs-use-same-den On paper they’re the unlikeliest of bedfellows. Spotted hyenas are known to jump at the chance to crunch a porcupine or warthog, both herbivores who don’t stand a chance against...

https://www.news24.com/life/travel/take-a-look-what-its-like-to-travel-on-the-rovos-rail-africas-most-luxurious-train-2023-1 This article forms part of the archives of Business Insider South Africa, which was published as a partnership between News24 and Insider Inc between 2018 and 2023...

https://www.mahohboh.org/global-warming-a-k-a-climate-change/ I am not contesting the fact that global warming a.k.a. climate change may have occurred over the last several decades. I am not an expert on the facts surrounding the earth’s changeable weather patterns. What I question, however, is...

Dear Kewin, Our thoughts, and prayers are with you and your family. Alain Lefol was truly a remarkable man and will be missed.

https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/supplement/the-benefits-galore-of-tawa-s-kilombero-game-reserve-4144636 The Kilombero Game Reserve has been divided from the Kilombero Game Controlled Area that was established in 1952 through the Government Notice no. 107 and effective on February 17...

https://www.newsday.co.zw/opinion-analysis/article/200007817/feature-why-trophy-hunting-will-never-stop-in-africa-despite-opposition Against the background where the British parliamentarians will next month decisively debate the proposed ban on international hunting trophy imports into Britain...

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/imperiled-leopards-one-step-closer-to-increased-endangered-species-act-protection-2023-02-13/ WASHINGTON— In response to a lawsuit by animal protection and conservation groups, today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finally agreed to a...

https://www.mahohboh.org/an-open-letter-to-iol-by-john-nash/ Dear IOL Your article, “UK hunt club slammed for trophy-hunting safari auction in South Africa”. by Shaun Smillie (October 29) contained a number of misleading statements. You describe the Avon Vale Hunt as “A fox hunting club in...

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/former-nfl-player-kills-massive-mountain-lion-colorado/ Newly retired NFL player Derek Wolfe amazed many of his Instagram followers when he posted a photo of a massive mountain lion he had killed in a rural Colorado town. Wolfe stated before he killed...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202212170067.html Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) OPINION By Reginald Stanslaus Matillya Scientists say spotted hyenas deserve respect, not contempt. More often than not, they hunt down their prey rather than scavenge. They are fabulously intelligent, with...