It was one of the most momentous events in the battle against poaching: 11 giant pyres of elephant tusks going up in flames in Kenya as the world looked on. The largest-ever destruction of ivory,...
Poaching has driven a huge decline in Africa’s savannah elephants with almost a third (30%) wiped out between 2007 and 2014, the first ever continent-wide survey of the species has found. Around...
Wildlife authorities in Zimbabwe have begun dehorning the country’s 700 adult rhinos to curb rampant poaching, a conservation group said Tuesday. “Our target is to dehorn every single adult...