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Nigeria seizes record $54 million in pangolin parts, elephant tusks

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Officials in Nigeria - a hub for illegal wildlife trafficking - have seized a record amount of pangolin scales and claws and elephant tusks...

Rhino and elephant poaching declines in Namibia

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Rhino and elephant poaching has declined significantly this year in Namibia, home to the only free-roaming black rhinos left in the world, government data...

Five poachers caught and one fatally trampled by elephants in Kruger...

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The Kruger National Park (KNP) conducted anti-poaching operations that led to the arrest of five suspected poachers in the Pretoriuskop section of the park...

Suspected poacher killed by elephants in the Kruger National Park

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A suspected poacher was killed by elephants whilst trying to flee rangers in the Kruger National Park, and an accomplice arrested. South African National Parks...

African elephants under continued poaching threat

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An updated assessment by a United Nations Environment Programme-administered treaty confirms poaching continues to threaten the long-term survival of the African elephant. Based on the...

Elephant kills British soldier

A British soldier was killed during counter poaching operations in Malawi, Britain’s defence ministry said. Guardsman Mathew Talbot, serving with the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards,...

Royal support for Zambian elephant population

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Britain's Prince Harry offered Zambia support to boost the country's dwindling elephant population, as he began a two-day working visit without his...

ISS: Protecting Botswana’s elephants isn’t a numbers game

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In September this year, Elephants Without Borders (EWB) director Dr Mike Chase released a statement about the discovery of 87 elephant carcasses...

Rhino poaching decreasing in Kruger

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Rhino poaching is on the decrease in the Kruger National Park, partly due to there being fewer rhinos in the park, and...

De Beers to move 200 elephants from South Africa to Mozambique

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Diamond producer De Beers said on Monday it was relocating 200 elephants from its private reserve in South Africa to neighbouring Mozambique,...

SADC anti-poaching co-operation to be extended

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Six Southern African Development Community (SADC) states who are "closely knit" have undertaken to co-operate to deal with the scourge of poaching,...

Connected Conservation anti-poaching technology expanding into Africa

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Dimension Data and Cisco will be expanding their anti-poaching Connected Conservation programme into Zambia, Kenya, and Mozambique to continue protecting rhinos and...

More rhino poachers arrested in the Kruger Park

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Twelve suspected rhino poachers have been arrested in the Kruger National Park in the last week, South African National Parks has announced. On...

Elephant, rhino poaching down in Namibia

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Namibia recorded fewer cases of rhino and elephant poaching this year compared to recent years, the minister of environment and tourism said....

SANDF supporting anti-poaching efforts

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The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has emphasised the support it gives South African National Parks (SANParks) in the fight against...

Kruger rangers clash with poachers

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Rangers in the Kruger National Park (KNP) have been involved in two contacts with suspected poachers, leaving one poacher fatally injured, while...

Feature: No golden bullet to eliminate poaching in the Kruger National...

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In spite of a drop in rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park, South African National Parks (SANParks) officials have cautioned that...

Namibian anti-poaching unit receives Super Cub

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The Namibian Intelligence Support Against Poaching (ISAP) anti-poaching group has taken delivery of a Piper P-18 Super Cub light utility aircraft that...

Increase in number of poachers arrested in Zimbabwe as slaughter continues

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A South African, 31 Zambians and seven Mozambicans were among 443 people arrested in Zimbabwe in 2016 for poaching, the national parks...

UK anti-poaching support in Malawi to help tackle organised crime

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A British Army team from 1 (UK) Division will deploy early in the new year to train Malawi park rangers as combat...

Tanzanian president tells security forces to pursue wildlife poachers

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Tanzania's president on Saturday ordered security forces to go after top criminals financing organised networks behind elephant poaching, saying no one was...

Air Shepherd launches funding drive as anti-poaching UAV flights begin in...

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The Air Shepherd programme, which supports the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to combat wildlife poaching, has announced an additional UAV...

U.S. Army trains Tanzania Rangers to combat poachers

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To combat a dramatic decline in its elephant population, Tanzania's park and game reserve rangers have teamed with members of the U.S....

African forest elephant could take almost a century to recover from...

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Africa's rare forest elephants which play a key role in replenishing the central African rainforests will need almost a century to recover...

Zimbabwe plans to use drones to fight elephant poaching

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Zimbabwe plans to deploy aerial drones in its biggest wildlife sanctuary in the west to combat poaching of elephants, a parks official...

African countries deeply divided over ivory trade before U.N. meeting

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Member states of the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) are not meeting until September, but some African countries...

Kenya burns vast piles of elephant tusks as it seeks ban...

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Kenya's president set fire to thousands of elephant tusks and rhino horns on Saturday, destroying a stockpile that would have been worth...

Africa leaders, conservationists seek end to slaughter of elephants, rhinos

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The future of Africa's elephants and rhinos depends on the ability of the continent's nations to battle together against poaching, Kenya's president...

Elephant poachers kill rangers, wound Swedish park manager in Congo

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Elephant poachers killed three rangers in Democratic Republic of Congo's Garamba wildlife park and wounded two other people including the Swedish park...

Malawi torches ivory in fight against elephant poaching

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Malawi on Monday burnt close to three tonnes of smuggled ivory confiscated in the northern town of Mzuzu near Tanzania in what...

Poaching threatens Mali’s rare desert elephants: UN mission

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About a fifth of Mali's rare desert elephants have been killed this year as ivory poachers exploit a security vacuum in the...

UN General Assembly adopts wide-ranging resolution on wildlife trafficking

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The UN General Assembly has adopted a wide-ranging resolution on illicit wildlife trafficking urging states to end the "abhorrent" multi-billion dollar trade...

Mozambique burns seized ivory, rhino horn in anti-poaching drive

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Mozambique burned 2.5 tonnes of seized ivory and rhino horn on Monday as part of a campaign to end an illicit trade...

Mozambique police seize 1.3 tonnes of poached rhino horn and ivory

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Mozambican police have seized nearly 1.3 tonnes of ivory and rhino horns, obtained from the illegal slaughter of 65 rhinos and 170...

Bomb-sniffing elephants trained in South Africa

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In the South African bush, elephants are being trained in the art of "bio-detection" to see if they can use their exceptional...

Uganda probes theft of ivory stockpile, suspends wildlife agency staff

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Uganda said on Tuesday it had launched an investigation into the theft of more than a tonne of ivory from the vaults...

Tanzania seeking to deploy DT-18 UAVs in anti-poaching war

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The Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA) says it is looking to deploy the French-made Delair Tech DT-18 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to...

Transnational crime syndicates use brutal methods says environment minister

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Environment Affairs Minister Edna Molewa believes the increase in rhino poaching in particularly the Kruger National Park shows the "sinister and brutal...

Namibia deploys UAVs for anti-poaching operations

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The Namibian government has deployed three Falcon Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in conservancies to support the anti-poaching operations by the Namibian Defence...

South Africa tries gunfire location system to catch rhino poachers

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Rhino poachers in South Africa now risk giving themselves away when they shoot thanks to a high-tech, gunfire-detection system being piloted in...

Tanzania receives R44 helicopter for counter-poaching duties

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The Tanzanian Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism has taken delivery of an R44 helicopter from the Howard Buffet Foundation to provide...

Wildlife poaching under the microscope

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With the number of rhinos killed in South Africa fast nearing the 900 mark, and poaching of other prize wildlife also increasing,...

Terrorist groups profiting from the poaching trade in Africa

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Parts of Africa are facing an unprecedented threat from illegal poaching, with criminal organizations and terrorist groups seeking to profit from the...