Outrage as Russian trophy hunter shoots dead a huge elephant near Zimbabwe...
A large bull elephant has been shot dead by a Russian trophy hunter in Zimbabwe despite wearing a research tag. The elephant, known as a tusker for the size of his tusks, was killed on March 7, around...
View ArticleSorry state of Zimbabwe’s wildlife hunting
Zimbabwe’s wildlife estate is open for business among unethical foreign hunters, corrupt officials and fraudsters, an investigation by Oxpeckers reporters shows. Sunset industry? A 2011 trophy shot...
View ArticleDozens Of Lion Trophy Permits Issued To Hunters As Trump Rolls Back Import...
Barcroft Media via Getty Images) The federal government has issued more than three dozen permits allowing hunters to import lion trophies from two African nations since 2016, according to copies of the...
View ArticleCITES – Proposals for amendments of appendices 1 & 2 regarding elephant...
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA Eighteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties Colombo (Sri Lanka), 23 May – 3 June 2019 Read full proposals for...
View ArticleZimbabwe, CITES attacked over elephant calves
The Humane Society International (HSI) launched a scathingattack on both the Zimbabwean government and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) last Tuesday night after 35...
View ArticleNEW VIDEO: Zimbabwe’s 35 captured baby elephants terrified in pens
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VIDEO: Elephant experts condemn Zimbabwe’s inhumane capture of wild baby elephants for Chinese zoos as video emerges showing animals in distress CAPE TOWN (25...
View ArticlePES Lawyers demand transparency on the export of Wildlife (Zimbabwe)
A local environmental and wildlife organisation People and Earth Solidarity Law Network (PES Lawyers) together with six others in Zimbabwe, have petitioned Parliament demanding that information and...
View ArticleUS to support Zimbabwe’s trade in baby elephants
US zoos now plan to import baby elephants from Zimbabwe, undeterred by the international furore over their 2016 import of 18 wild elephants from Swaziland. The US Association of Zoos and Aquariums...
View ArticleEyes 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 have suggested ahead of the 18th Conference of the Parties...
View ArticleTrump to consider elephant trophy imports on ‘case-by-case’ basis
The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced last week that it will now consider all permits for importing elephant trophies from African nations on a “case-by-case basis,” breaking from President...
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