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WASHINGTON (CN) - Americans who hunted and killed endangered African elephants in Zambia cannot bring trophies of their prey back home, a federal judge ruled. "Plaintiffs paid a princely sum for the opportunity to shoot African elephants in Zambia and then they wanted to import the animals'...

A hungry cheetah strayed into a health facility in Taita district last Friday and caused the members of public seeking medical attention scampered for safety.

During the drought of 91/92, a number of juvenile elephants were captured in Gonarezhou National Park and moved to the Chiredzi River Conservancy in order to save them from starvation. There are now approximately 70 of these elephants which have been under constant pressure from land invaders over the past 11 years but have learnt to co-exist with them.

THE Kenya Wildlife Service now wants punitive clauses inserted in the draft Wildlife Policy and Bill to deter poaching and illegal trade in wildlife products.

In many places in Africa, the struggle between conservation officers and poachers resembles an actual war: Well funded criminals utilize advanced weapons technology, helicopters, night vision equipment, and more to illegally harvest endangered animals from protected areas.

* Many ivory pieces don't have proper identification

* Booming illegal trade also hitting people pursuing poachers

From fresh reports of illegal hunting in Zimbabwe, it would appear as though the poachers are adamant on wiping out all wildlife and as long as the authorities, whose job is to protect the natural resource neglect to fulfil their mandate, the country’s wildlife will surely continue to diminish.

ane-less lions can easily confuse the untrained eye into believing a macho hairless male is actually a lioness

More than two-dozen thefts of rhinoceros horns have been reported this year in museums, galleries, antiques dealerships, auction houses and homes across Europe as criminals try to feed a growing market in the Far East, where powdered horn is prized for medicinal value

Tanzanian authorities have seized more than 1,000 elephant tusks hidden in sacks of dried fish at Zanzibar port which were destined for Malaysia, officials said on Wednesday.

TRAFFIC and the China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA), are targeting Chinese nationals living in Africa with their message not to bring ivory and other illegal wildlife products into China.

Despite some setbacks, progress was made at the latest CITES meeting (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) last week in Geneva.