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UK: Government says it remains committed to banning hunting trophies

UK: Government says it remains committed to banning hunting trophies

By Nick Eardley, BBC The government has said it remains committed to banning the import of hunting trophies in its forthcoming Animals Abroad Bill.  Concerns were raised by some Tory MPs that the ban - promised in the party's 2019 general election manifesto - would be dropped after media reports.  But a government source dismissed the claims. Other measures in the bill to ban the import and sale of fur and foie gras are likely to be dropped.  Every year, hunters from the UK travel abroad, often to southern Africa, and pay thousands of pounds to legally shoot animals, such as...

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The ghost elephants haunting Angola

The ghost elephants haunting Angola

By Sarah Hoek - Daily Maverick Legend says there are elephants hidden in the highlands of Angola, swathed in mist and never seen by humans before. The National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project’s Kerllen Costa and Dr Steve Boyes are on a mission to find them and unearth their secrets. re-colonial Africa was home to about 26 million elephants. By 1970, their numbers were down to 1.3 million. Today, there are only about 400,000 of these animals across the continent. Many factors have contributed to the decline in elephant populations. Poachers have culled them for their ivory tusks,...

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Zimbabwe: Step Up Fight Against Wildlife Crime

Zimbabwe: Step Up Fight Against Wildlife Crime

By Sifelani Tsiko, The Herald / All Africa There is an urgent need to step up the fight against wildlife crime and human-induced reduction of species, which have wide-ranging economic, environmental and social impacts in the country, Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndhlovu says. Speaking at an event to commemorate World Wildlife Day and African Environment Day (March 3, belated), Minister Ndhlovu said there was need for concerted efforts to save the varied forms of wild fauna and flora found in the country and to raise awareness of the...

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Zimbabwe to host elephant summit in April

Zimbabwe to host elephant summit in April

By CGTN Africa Zimbabwe will host an elephant summit in April to discuss the growing burden of elephant overpopulation and the negative impacts of the ivory trade ban. The summit will also focus on wildlife in Victoria Falls said Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndhlovu. Southern African countries are interested in learning ways to better manage and potentially profit from their ivory stockpiles. Zimbabwe held a wildlife summit in 2019 that discussed the hunting ban issue and calls were made for the lifting of the trade in ivory and ivory...

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