An elephant successfully translocated by SAN Parks from Kruger National Park to Addo Elephant National Park.
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Translocations have become more frequent in Africa. Elephants are the biggest animals to be moved.
An elephant in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park. The country wants the death penalty for poachers.
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The death penalty and military intervention to combat poaching, isn’t the answer to saving endangered species.
Kenya Wildlife Service rangers on patrol at the Meru National Park.
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Kenya’s death penalty proposal is not the quick fix solution to curb wildlife poaching.
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Many poachers continue to poach to improve their incomes, rather than just make ends meet.
The value of abalone increased as it moves from traffickers and later to overseas wholesalers.
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Abalone poaching in Cape Town succeeds because there is a motivated offender, a suitable target and a lack of security.
Zimbabwe’s former first lady Grace Mugabe is being investigated.
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If the allegations are true Zimbabwe intends to prosecute Grace Mugabe for ivory and rhino horn smuggling.
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Rhino resurrection is tempting, but if humans cannot save a species in nature, what future for animals that we manufacture?
Antique ivory – defined as pre-1947 worked ivory – is an exception and can be traded in the UK and EU.
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The EU and UK are fuelling the illegal trade through their continuing sale of legal ivory items.
The world’s biggest burn of illegal ivory.
Daniel Stiles
The destruction of a massive haul of illegal ivory was supposed to send a message to poachers and those who trade in the tusks. Did they notice, or can the ivory be used to help elephant conservation?
White rhino’s in the Kruger National Park.
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Poaching is changing focus by moving from the Kruger National Park to other provinces and reserves.
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Wildlife conservation is often part of the peacebuilding process, but there is a risk it can make conflicts even worse.
The illegal trade in turtles is thriving in Canada and harming turtle populations.
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Poachers are bringing some turtle populations to the edge of extinction.
Snapper is one of the fish under New Zealand’s Quota Management system.
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September 4, 2017
Glenn Simmons , University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau ; Bruce Robertson , University of Otago ; (David) Hugh Whittaker , University of Oxford ; Elisabeth Slooten , University of Otago ; Fiona McCormack , University of Waikato ; Graeme Bremner ; Nigel Haworth , University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau ; Simon Francis Thrush , University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau , and Steve Dawson , University of Otago
New Zealand’s fisheries are considered among the best managed in the world, but this perception doesn’t match the facts.
Scouts should manage human-wildlife conflicts.
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Military style anti-poaching is often criticised because it alienates communities living around protected areas. But these initiatives give them an incentive to protect the species.
Birdwatchers are keeping parrots’ locations a closely guarded secret.
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With the right approach to data security, scientists’ discoveries of the locations of rare and sought-after species needn’t leave a trail for poachers to follow.
British army conducts anti-poaching training in Nanyuki, Kenya.
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Protecting rhinos and fighting terrorism are both noble causes, but there isn’t much evidence of a link between the two.
The beautiful Chinese cave gecko, or Goniurosaurus luii, is highly prized by poachers.
Carola Jucknies
Biologists have a centuries-old tradition of publishing on rare and endangered species. But poachers are using open-access information to target valuable and fragile new species.
KwaZulu-Natal is home to smaller wildlife sanctuaries and private game reserves like Hluhluwe-iMfolozi where poaching has increased.
Keith Somerville
South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province is bearing the brunt of renewed rhino poaching efforts. This is a result of increased security and anti-poaching in the Kruger National Park.
Part of a shipment of 33 rhino horns seized by Hong Kong customs, originated from Cape Town, South Africa.
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Rhino horn trade continues to be a highly lucrative business across the world.
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Organised crime always looks for new ways to make money. And zoo animals are an easy target.