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.… Read More »NRA leader’s inept shooting of a Botswana bush elephant was cruel and chaotic
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.… Read More »Zimbabwe grants 500 elephant hunting permits
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… Read More »Army base fire in Kenya allegedly killed elephants
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… Read More »War in Congo between conservationists and commercial exploiters
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… Read More »Dwarf giraffes of Namibia and Uganda
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… Read More »Farming to feed rising human population will destroy wildlife
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… Read More »Eric Trump looking like a prick next to the buffalo he shot
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… Read More »Texan black-and-tan coonhounds are game changers in the fight against Africa’s rhino poachers
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… Read More »Great picture of a giraffe being rescued from flooding in the Rift Valley
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… Read More »Do hyenas eat humans?
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… Read More »Artificial intelligence boosts conservation in the Congo Basin
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… Read More »Springer spaniel, Indy, bushmeat detection dog in training, meets a lioness
Poaching has increased in Africa because of the coronavirus pandemic and the consequential collapse of tourism.
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… Read More »Lion conservation in Africa – what to do to protect lions
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… Read More »Serial poacher and ivory trafficker handed down a 30 year prison sentence
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,… Read More »Remarkable photograph of lowland gorilla and her infant
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… Read More »Somali elephant shrew is not extinct
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… Read More »Painting eyes on the backside of cattle deters lion attacks
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… Read More »Punishing rhino poachers much more severely stops them
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… Read More »Chinese are in Africa to exploit wildlife and precious metals