Africa

Ivory poaching over decades led to the evolution of elephants without tusks

GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK, MOZAMBIQUE-NEWS AND COMMENT: This is an interesting example of how the intervention of humans can inadvertently alter the course of evolution. The story...

October 22, 2021 by MikeB Evolution 0

Is the gerenuk endangered? Yes, because of human activity.

Here are two wonderful photographs of the gerenuk. As you can guess from the photographs, this interesting species of antelope is also known as the giraffe...

October 14, 2021 by MikeB Conservation

Extraordinary photograph of dying female mountain gorilla in the arms of her human caregiver

Extraordinary photograph of a female ape, Ndakasi, dying embracing her human caregiver Andre Bauma

This is Ndakasi with her caretaker and lifelong friend Andre Bauma, a park ranger who cared for her. I don’t know but this might be the...

October 7, 2021 by MikeB Apes

NRA leader’s inept shooting of a Botswana bush elephant was cruel and chaotic

LaPierre stands over the elephant he failed to kill after several shots

The leader of the National Rifle Association (NRA), Wayne LaPierre, was filmed ineptly and chaotically trying to shoot a bush elephant to death in Botswana. The...

April 29, 2021 by MikeB Sport hunting 0

Zimbabwe grants 500 elephant hunting permits

April 2021: you can buy an elephant hunting grant at auction for $50,000

NEWS AND NEWS-ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwe’s parks authority has granted 500 elephant hunting permits. They are being auctioned to help pay for the upkeep of national parks. They...

April 21, 2021 by MikeB Conservation

Army base fire in Kenya allegedly killed elephants

A soldier’s social media post says that an army base fire killed an elephant near Nanyuki, Kenya. A British soldier named Lewis reported on the social...

March 27, 2021 by MikeB News

War in Congo between conservationists and commercial exploiters

There is a war raging in the Virunga National Park between rangers who are protecting wildlife and those commercial enterprises who wish to exploit this two...

January 11, 2021 by MikeB Conservation

Dwarf giraffes of Namibia and Uganda

There are dwarf giraffes in Uganda and Namibia. Most giraffes grow to between 4.5 and 6 metres in height. In a study published on the British...

January 9, 2021 by MikeB Health

Farming to feed rising human population will destroy wildlife

Huge cattle ranch Brazil causing deforestation

The world’s human population relentlessly rises and there is real concern but thankfully at last people are talking about it. Some people think that the world...

December 22, 2020 by MikeB Conservation

Eric Trump looking like a prick next to the buffalo he shot

I’m not going to add much in the way of words because the picture is self-explanatory: he’s aprick of the first order and he is the...

December 21, 2020 by MikeB Sport hunting

Texan black-and-tan coonhounds are game changers in the fight against Africa’s rhino poachers

Texan black-and-tan coonhounds in training

Kruger National Park is about the size of Wales in the UK. They have a problem with poachers which is unsurprising considering the vastness of the...

December 15, 2020 by MikeB working dogs

Great picture of a giraffe being rescued from flooding in the Rift Valley

Giraffe rescued from flood waters in the Rift Valley

RIFT VALLEY, KENYA: This is a wonderful photograph by Ami Vitale working for Save Giraffes Now. It shows a giraffe from the critically endangered Rothschild’s subspecies...

December 4, 2020 by MikeB Uncategorized

Do hyenas eat humans?

There’s a story on the Internet which answers the question in the title: ‘Hyenas devour man in attack at his home’. Yes, hyenas do sometimes eat...

November 20, 2020 by MikeB Humans

Artificial intelligence boosts conservation in the Congo Basin

Acoustic device used in New Zealand by ZSL

Google is providing their knowledge and skills in artificial intelligence (AI) in working with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) to better understand the movements of...

November 19, 2020 by MikeB Conservation

Springer spaniel, Indy, bushmeat detection dog in training, meets a lioness

Springer spaniel, Indy, is being trained to detect bushmeat

Indy is being trained to detect bushmeat which is informally slaughtered wild animals eaten by people. It’s a major cause of wildlife loss in Africa including...

November 4, 2020 by MikeB working dogs

Poaching in Africa is booming due to coronavirus pandemic

Poaching has increased in Africa because of the coronavirus pandemic and the consequential collapse of tourism.

October 6, 2020 by MikeB Conservation

Lion conservation in Africa – what to do to protect lions

If you want to know how to protect the African lion you have to look at what is killing this iconic species. You then remove those...

October 5, 2020 by MikeB Conservation

Serial poacher and ivory trafficker handed down a 30 year prison sentence

REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, AFRICA: a serial poacher and ivory trafficker has been convicted and jailed for 30 years in a major landmark case in the...

August 27, 2020 by MikeB Conservation

Remarkable photograph of lowland gorilla and her infant

This is a remarkable photograph by Ben Birchal (distributed by the agency PA) taken at Bristol Zoo last Wednesday of Kala, a western lowland gorilla, and...

August 21, 2020 by MikeB Apes