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Tag Archives: Africa

War in Congo between conservationists and commercial exploiters

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 11, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 11, 2021
Virunga NP, Congo.

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 million acre reserve on the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged Africa, Chinese, commercial enterprise, conservation, minerals

Dwarf giraffes of Namibia and Uganda

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 9, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 9, 2021
Dwarf giraffe

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 Medical Journal website the Giraffe Conservation Foundation have reported the discovery of a 2.6 … Continue reading →

Posted in Health | Tagged Africa, giraffe, news, study

Farming to feed rising human population will destroy wildlife

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 22, 2020 by MikeBDecember 22, 2020
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 is already overpopulated by humans and there are questions as to the maximum human … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged Africa, Asia, Australia, Brazil, conservation, deforestation, farming

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

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 21, 2020 by MikeBDecember 21, 2020

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 offspring of the current President Donald Trump who is arguably a bigger prick. Chips … Continue reading →

Posted in Sport hunting | Tagged Africa, blood sports, buffalo, China, Eric Trump, sport hunting, trophy hunting, Trump

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

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 15, 2020 by MikeBDecember 15, 2020
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 park. Since 2010 more than 8,000 rhinos have been killed by poachers for their … Continue reading →

Posted in working dogs | Tagged Africa, conservation, Kruger NP, poachers, rhino, Texas, working dogs

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

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 4, 2020 by MikeBDecember 4, 2020
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 on a raft with rangers and conservationists on Lake Baringo, western Kenya, as it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Africa, climate change, conservation, giraffe, Kenya, news, persecution of animals, photography

Do hyenas eat humans?

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 20, 2020 by MikeBNovember 20, 2020
Spotted hyena

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 humans. In this instance, in Zimbabwe, officials are hunting a pack of man-eating hyenas. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humans | Tagged Africa, animal-human conflict, carnivore, hyena, news, predators, Zimbabwe

Artificial intelligence boosts conservation in the Congo Basin

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 19, 2020 by MikeBNovember 19, 2020
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 poachers which will help conservationists to protect animals in Cameroon’s Dja Faunal Reserve in … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged Africa, conservation, science, technology

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

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 4, 2020 by MikeBNovember 4, 2020
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 primates, incidentally. Indy is a 14-week-old springer spaniel and she is in the early … Continue reading →

Posted in working dogs | Tagged Africa, conservation, dogs, working animals, working dogs

Poaching in Africa is booming due to coronavirus pandemic

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 6, 2020 by MikeBOctober 6, 2020
African elephant

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

Continue reading →
Posted in Conservation | Tagged Africa, China, elephants, news, poachers, sport hunting, traditional Chinese medicine, trophy hunting

Lion conservation in Africa – what to do to protect lions

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 5, 2020 by MikeBOctober 8, 2020
African lion and lioness

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 things which kill the cat. That’s called conservation. Of course, sometimes it’s impossible to … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged Africa, Chinese, conservation, IUCN Red List, lion conservation, traditional Chinese medicine, trophy hunting

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

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 27, 2020 by MikeBAugust 27, 2020
Tracking poachers in the Congo

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 Republic of Congo. It is the first sentence of its kind because previously environmental … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged Africa, apes, conservation, crime, elephants, news

Remarkable photograph of lowland gorilla and her infant

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 21, 2020 by MikeBAugust 21, 2020
Baby gorilla and mother

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 her newborn child. The infant weighs about four pounds and will be dependent upon … Continue reading →

Posted in Apes | Tagged Africa, apes, conservation, Primates, zoo

Somali elephant shrew is not extinct

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 19, 2020 by MikeBDecember 18, 2020
Somali elephant shrew

A rather cute, mouse-like creature with a long, flexible snout, which can propel itself to speeds of 20 mph with its tiny legs and which is called the Somali elephant shrew is not extinct because they have been seen at … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged Africa, conservation, mammals

Painting eyes on the backside of cattle deters lion attacks

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 14, 2020 by MikeBAugust 14, 2020
Bum stare: protecting cattle from lion attack in Botswana and elsewhere in Africa

About 6 years ago I wrote about the Bangladeshi and Indian people working in the sprawling 10,000 square kilometre Delta of mangrove swamps called the Sundarbans and how they protected themselves from tiger attacks by wearing masks. The masks are … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, Conservation | Tagged Africa, cats, conservation, lion conservation, lions

Punishing rhino poachers much more severely stops them

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 8, 2020 by MikeBAugust 8, 2020
Rhino SA

NEWS AND OPINION: Rhino poaching has fallen by 63% in Namibia because fines dished out to poachers on their conviction have increased from 200,000 Namibian dollars to 25 million Namibian dollars which is the equivalent of £1.1 million. Also, jail … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged Africa, Chinese, conservation, crime, rhino, traditional Chinese medicine

Chinese are in Africa to exploit wildlife and precious metals

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on July 22, 2020 by MikeBAugust 8, 2020
Yang Fenglan

It’s time to be open and transparent. We should stop shilly-shallying and beating around the bush. The Chinese moved into the African continent to exploit it. They need precious metals for their manufacturing and the Chinese culture has an insatiable … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged Africa, Chinese, conservation, ivory, pangolin, rhino, traditional Chinese medicine

Hundreds of elephants are dying in Botswana. The beginnings of another viral pandemic?

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on July 12, 2020 by MikeBSeptember 22, 2020
The elephant in Botswana stricken by an unknown pathogen possibly one which is zoonotic. Tests are being carried out. There are fears that it could be the beginnings of another pandemic

Northern Botswana has been a good home for elephants. However, an aerial survey on May 25 of this year told wildlife researchers that a mysterious illness had stricken them. They counted 196 carcasses of elephants across the landscape. There was … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged Africa, conservation, coronavirus, elephants, zoonotic | Leave a reply

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