Critter News
MARCH 2, 2009
ZAMBIA Wildlife Authority (Zawa) yesterday arrested four people, including two police officers, in Kafue for trafficking in ivory and rhino horns worth more than K1 billion. Tags: wildlife crime ivory africa zambia trafficking elephants. 36 elephants? 36 elephants? That's a huge slaughter in my opinion.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2012
After a brutal colonization that included genocidal campaigns against the Herero (80% killed) and Nama (50% killed) tribes, the Germans lost control when South Africa invaded soon after the declaration of the First World War. However, Namibia’s colonial history began earlier, in 1884 when it was annexed by the Germans.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
They are also threatened by cultural beliefs that lead to killing them because they’re seen as harbingers of death and bad luck. People and organizations in Nepal, Zambia, and South Africa have sought to change cultural attitudes, having the most success with school children. (p. They are also hunted.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Thankfully the days of visiting Africa purely for slaughtering its wildlife have mostly come to a merciful end, and safari operators have adopted the Big Five term to market tours that offer sightings of the fortunate remanants of Africa’s once teeming great herds.
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