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Eyes wide shut: Southern Africa’s elephants now in the firing line
A REPORT BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY Contrary to what the governments of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe…
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Botswana’s elephants: myths vs facts
Botswana president, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, recently hosted a summit in Kasane for five southern African heads of state to forge…
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The Last Elephants – Book review
Did you know that in Africa there is one elephant for every 20 000 people; fewer than 450 000 according…
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Botswana elephants caught in the middle of a scramble for votes
Photo credit: Francis Garrard President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana said last week that “elephants bleed [the] government coffers”, as “Botswana is…
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‘Too many elephants’ in Africa? Here’s how peaceful coexistence with human communities can help
HordynskiPhotography/Shutterstock Vicky Boult, University of Reading Africa’s elephant population has plummeted from roughly a million in 1970 to around 400,000…
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Botswana elephant poaching ‘no hoax’
Elephants Without Borders, who conducted an aerial research survey in Botswana, has had their wildlife research licence suspended by the Botswana…
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Elephant mystique lingers (South Africa)
This image from a SANParks camera trap survey shows the adult female elephant that was repeatedly identified. SANParks has long…
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Baby elephants torn from mothers and shipped 7,000 miles to China (Zimbabwe)
Thirty-five young elephants are to be flown from Zimbabwe to zoos in China after being forcibly separated from their mothers…
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The Sad Story of Lammie the Solitary Elephant at Johannesburg Zoo: Factsheet
Lammie’s mother, Dolly, was captured from the wild in Botswana aged about 3 and arrived at the zoo in 1966.…
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Global wildlife regulator to consider relaxing ivory trade bans, prompting fears of huge rise in elephant poaching
The international body responsible for protecting endangered animals is to consider relaxing restrictions on the ivory trade, prompting fears such…
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CITES lets world’s worst elephant poaching countries off the hook
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, China, Thailand and the Philippines, some of the world’s worst countries for poaching and illegal trade in…
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Taking Stock: An assessment of progress under the National Ivory Action Plan process
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The National Ivory Action Plan (NIAP) process is an important framework. It was developed under the Convention on International Trade…
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Botswana’s elephant poaching crisis under scrutiny
Reports of elephant poaching in Botswana are under the spotlight with various claims in national and international media that the…
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Botswana looks into report of nearly 90 slaughtered elephants
Botswana is investigating the alleged massacre of about 90 elephants near the Okavango Delta wildlife sanctuary and will give a…
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Dozens of elephant carcasses found in Botswana, revealing ‘unprecedented’ levels of poaching
Dozens of elephant carcasses found in Botswana Almost 90 elephant carcasses have been found during a survey in northern Botswana,…
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The last hope for the elephants: Can a Chinese law help stop the slaughter in Africa?
PEMBA, MOZAMBIQUE: It’s no secret where the ivory deals take place in Pemba. Despite a new blanket ban on the…
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How to break the impasse between opposing camps in ivory trade debate
Elephants are in an extremely precarious state in both Africa and Asia. Demand for ivory from Africa has caused significant…
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The problem of an elephant that just wants to stay home
In Africa an elephant dies from a poacher’s bullet every 15 minutes. But in South Africa’s private reserves they’re breeding…
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The second Giants Club Summit addresses the survival of our elephants
The second Giants Club Summit meets in Kasane over the next few days, uniting African leadership with global science, finance…
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Unbanning US trophy imports: Trump jams a spanner in the works
In a surprising move, President Donald Trump has left-footed his own Department of Interior’s attempts to overturn former president Barack…