Good news of  conservation: Elephants After many gloomy days, finally some good news for the African elephant, buffalo, and giraffe. An aerial census released on 21 June 2017 reports the population of elephant’s in Kenya’s Tsavo, and Tanzania’s Mkomazi Ecosystem (TME) increased by 14.7 percent between 2014 and 2017. The survey, carried out by the … Continue reading Good news for wildlife.

Japanese giant Internet retailer, Rakuten, on July 6, 2017, announced that it was banning the sale of ivory on its site with trading to be phased out over the next month.  The move, which came following mounting international criticism of the trade and sweeping public support for a policy change — whereby over 36,500 individuals … Continue reading Ivory: take 2 minutes to read