Tag: Animal poaching and smuggling

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) - Botswana says it is investigating a staggeringly high number of elephant carcasses - 275 - found in the popular Okavango...

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) - Botswana says it is investigating a staggeringly high number of elephant carcasses - 275 - found in the popular Okavango...

NANYUKI, Kenya (AP) - The armed rangers set off at dusk in pursuit of poachers. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a new alertness, and...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - As the coronavirus infects more people around the world, conservationists are warning of the risk to another vulnerable species: Africa's...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Southern California man has been convicted of illegally owning a tiger cub that appeared in a video with controversial...

BEIJING (AP) - Chinese authorities temporarily banned the trade of wild animals Sunday following a viral outbreak in Wuhan, saying they will “severely investigate...

BEIJING (AP) - The outbreak of a new virus linked to a wildlife market in central China is prompting renewed calls for enforcement of...

BEIJING (AP) - The outbreak of a new virus linked to a wildlife market in central China is prompting renewed calls for enforcement of...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A man who admitted stealing a ring-tailed lemur from a Southern California zoo has been sentenced to three months...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - At least 55 elephants have starved to death in the past two months in Zimbabwe's biggest national park as a...