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 media site Snapchat that a fire started on...
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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 million acre reserve on the eastern border of...
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 Medical Journal website the Giraffe Conservation Foundation have...
Farming to feed rising human population will destroy wildlife
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...
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 offspring of the current President Donald Trump who...
Texan black-and-tan coonhounds are game changers in the fight against Africa’s rhino poachers
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...
Great picture of a giraffe being rescued from flooding 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...
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 humans. In this instance, in Zimbabwe, officials are...
Artificial intelligence boosts conservation in the Congo Basin
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...
Springer spaniel, Indy, bushmeat detection dog in training, meets a lioness
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...
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.
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 things which kill the cat. That’s called 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 Republic of Congo. It is the first sentence...
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 her newborn child. The infant weighs about four...
Somali elephant shrew is not extinct
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...