45 Articles match "Africa"

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• Huge Ivory Seizure in Africa
  
  More than two tons of illegal ivory have been seized and more than 100 people have been arrested in the largest international operation targeting wildlife crime across Eastern Africa, the Kenya Wildlife Service and INTERPOL announced today. ...Tags: Tags: ivory wildlife trafficking africa elephant From the Environment News Service...
  Critter News - Thursday, December 3, 2009
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• Largest Ever Trafficking Bust in Africa
  
  An operation across five Africa countries over weekend, targeting wildlife crime has led to arrest of almost 60 people and seizure of one ton of illegal elephant ivory, Interpol has reported. Body said arrests and seizures were part of a five-country law enforcement operation co-ordinated by INTERPOL, and involved more than 300 law enforcement officers from police, customs, national wildlife and national intelligence agencies in Congo (Brazzaville), Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia, further saying this represented largest-ever international wildlife law enforcement operation conducted in
  Critter News - Saturday, November 22, 2008
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• Ivory Bigger than Drugs in Africa
  
  Trafficking in ivory and game meat has become one of the most lucrative illegal trades in Africa due to rising demand in Asia, experts said on Friday. "In Tags: wildlife crime ivory africa trafficking asia elephant Sad, sad, sad. Why doesn't this greed ever end? Ivory means NOTHING.
  Critter News - Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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• Another Dead Mountain Gorilla
  
  Tags: virunga africa congo gorilla A post-mortem is being conducted on Bariyanga, a mountain gorilla found dead in Virunga. There are now only five members left in her group. This link takes you to a picture of her. ...Tags:
  Critter News - Sunday, July 12, 2009
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• Sierra Leone's Elephant Population Near Extinction
  
  Tags: ivory africa sierra leone poaching elephant Be warned. Awful picture here. Again, it's all about the damn ivory. ...Tags:
  Critter News - Monday, February 1, 2010
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• Search Begins for Mountain Gorillas
  
  Tags: virunga africa congo gorilla Now that the rangers have been allowed back into Virunga, they are going to conduct a census to determine what's happened to the mountain gorillas living there. They have been out of contact since September 2007. Mr {Emmanuel} de Merode and the 650 Virunga rangers have been forced to rely on second-hand reports from amateurs who paid their way into
  Critter News - Friday, November 28, 2008
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• Chimpanzees in Sanctuaries Reflect Widespread Smuggling
  
  Tags: wildlife smuggling chimpanzees africa cameroo It makes sense. The chimpanzee population is decreasing in the wild, but their numbers are increasing in sanctuaries. There are more rescues because there is more smuggling. Research shows this is what's happening in Cameroon. ...Tags:
  Critter News - Saturday, January 23, 2010
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• Obituary for Shinda the Silverback
  
  Tags: obituary africa gorill This from the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund website. Shinda had been observed to be unwell for about two weeks when, on Nov. 22, our trackers could not find him within his group, probably because he was too weak to catch up with them. The field team began patrolling the area around the group and finally found him on the morning of Nov.
  Critter News - Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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• Lion Population Decreasing in Kenya
  
  I've been reading a lot about threatened elephants and primate populations in Africa and wondered about lions. Tags: africa Kenya lion endangered specie One rarely hears about how they are doing. But, unfortunately, they are in trouble too. This article talks about the specific situation in Kenya.
  Critter News - Sunday, August 23, 2009
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• Elephants Missing in Chad, Presumed Poached
  
  This situation sounds a lot like the the mountain gorillas, the Congo and Virunga National Park. Elephants in Zakouma National Park, the last stronghold for the savannah elephants of Central Africa's Sahel region, have crashed to just 1,000 animals from an estimated 3,000 in 2006. Tags: ivory chad africa poaching elephant Ivory poachers using automatic weapons have decimated elephant populations - particularly when herds migrate seasonally outside of the park. Civil unrest in has made conservation exceedingly difficult in Chad.
  Critter News - Monday, December 29, 2008
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