Caring for elephant orphans
IFAW CEO Azzedine Downes shares his thoughts on visiting the Zimbabwe Elephant Nursery Zimbabwe elephants and injured wildlife receive second chance BY AZZEDINE DOWNES | THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR...
View ArticleIn conversation with Joseph Okori, IFAW’s conservationist extrordinaire (Part 1)
A couple of days ago I sat down with Dr Joseph Okori – a vet who has spent his life working for Africa’s wildlife. He is probably best known for his efforts on behalf of rhino, but recently his remit...
View ArticleCzech zoo to dehorn rhinos: a shortsighted and lazy action …
Dvur Kralove nad Labem zoo in the Czech Republic in Europe intends to dehorn 18 rhinos in their care in what they say is a bid to spare their lives. But, says Dr Joseph Okori one of the world’s leading...
View ArticleHeavy rains make the going tough in Kasungu, but there is no let up in...
Heavy summer rains in Malawi have made parts of Kasungu National Park nigh on impassable, but the Anti-poaching Commando Unit hasn’t allowed this to deter them. During the past 15 months many arrests...
View ArticleCreating “virtual fences” to protect famers and the crops from elephants
Elephant orphans in Zambia are slowly reintroduced to the wilds of Kafue National Park. Once re-wilded, though, the risk of conflict with farming communities is very real. But GPS collars mean that...
View ArticleGiraffes in serious decline – NGOs petition US government to ban import of...
Giraffe numbers are declining alarmingly and there is effectively no restriction on international trade in the species. The US is a major player – more than 21,000 giraffe bone carvings, 3,000 skin...
View ArticleSomaliland – cheetah cubs saved from the illegal pet trade
Somaliland authorities have been commended for acting swiftly to rescue cheetah cubs from the clutches of illegal pet dealers. They were in a bad way but the International Fund for Animal Welfare and...
View ArticleSilent killers: elephant poaching is not always about hi-tech and automatic...
We have grown accustomed to hearing about hi-tech poachers in guerilla-type units using high-powered weapons. This happens of course, and all too frequently, but increasingly the combination of bows,...
View ArticleCreating networks of that disrupt and destroy criminal networks.
Poaching is not primarily driven by poor communities trying to survive. Poor villagers don’t mastermind the delivery of illegal wildlife from Africa to Asia. They are also the victims of criminal...
View ArticleSouth African rhino horn sale “inexcusable” says rhino conservation expert.
Monday 21 August will see the start of the first legal sale of rhino horn in South Africa. The sale will be by online auction and the stock will came from private rhino breeder John Hume. The pro-trade...
View ArticleGood teamwork saves baby elephant
Local villagers in Zambia’s South Luangwa region found a baby elephant alone in the bush, dehydrated and very frightened. They managed to restrain her and contact the Lilayi Elephant Orphanage in...
View ArticleSaving rare rabbits and caring for pets in the Nama-Karoo of South Africa
The statistics speak for themselves. Population (human): 1,200; Population (dog and cat): 241; Veterinary support: None; Nearest state veterinary service (free service): Four hour drive on a dirt...
View ArticleGood news for migrating animals
Animals that migrate, and there are as many as 10,000 species that do, whether half way across the world or just a few kilometres. Irrespective of the distance, more often than not their travels take...
View ArticleVirtual reality takes museum visitors back to the Middle Stone Age
South Africa now has its first full VR museum exhibit. It will launch at the Origins Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg on 25 September and will take visitors on a journey...
View ArticleThe certainty of human genesis in Africa – testing the evidence is a good...
We might feel secure in the accepted certainty that human kind emanated from Africa to populate the world, but science being science and scientists being scientists there are those who contest the...
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