10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. One may say so. Literally.

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 187

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

Leaving from the border town of Kasane we meandered westwards along the northern edge of the massive Chobe National Park to our left and the far eastern tip of Namibia’s Caprivi Strip. The river cruises up the Chobe River are most famous for the dry season aggregations of African Bush Elephants drawn to the year-round water.

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Botswana Birds Lesotho Elephants 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2015

African Pygmy-goose ( Nettapus auritus ); Caprivi Strip, Namibia, 1 January. Crested Guineafowl, ( Guttera pucherani ); Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 7 January. Crested Francolin ( Dendroperdix sephaena ); Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 7 January. African Darter ( Anhinga rufa ); Caprivi Strip, Namibia, 2 January.

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2015 South Africa Botswana Singapore 180