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Bushmeat poaching is on the rise in Kenya as Covid hunger drives hunt for antelopes and giraffes By Scott McLean , Bethlehem Feleke , Solomon Muingi and Fabien Muhire , CNN 8 minute read ...
Six poachers were caught slaughtering a giraffe in Kenya, leading to a shootout between the men and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers. The incident occurred Tuesday in Wajir, about 60 miles ...
One of Africa’s rare giant tusker elephants has been killed by poachers in southern Kenya. Conservations discovered the body of Satao II, one of the country’s largest, most iconic elephants ...
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, a lack of tourists and employees at South Africa's Kruger National Park has led to poachers killing six rhinoceros. Here, a poacher from the Mpumalanga province ...
Rangers say poachers are starving young men who kill animals for meat, not traditional medicine, and dry the meat inside the park. More than 120 vultures were poisoned after eating meat from a dead ...
Welsh non-profit Dogs4Wildlife trains dogs to support anti-poaching units in their efforts to protect endangered wildlife across southern Africa. CNN values your feedback 1.
At least 1,215 rhinos were killed by poachers in South Africa last year, up from 13 in 2007. At this rate, South Africa will see more rhinos killed for their horns than born within the next few years.
Central Africa has lost 64 percent of its elephants in a decade, ... Armed with grenades and AK-47s, poachers killed more than 300. Photograph by Brent Stirton, National Geographic/Getty Images.
Police search the desert trying to track down the poachers selling Conophytums to collectors worldwide, threatening to wipe out rare plants in the wild. By Tommy Trenchard STEINKOPF, South Africa ...