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Commentary
Trophy hunting incentivises killing of endangered animals, warns Zambian environmentalist
By Tracy Keeling - The Canary Germany has become the latest European country to announce a potential ban on the import of hunting trophies. The move comes as those who support the practice have increased pressure on European politicians to continue with the status quo. And they argue that ‘Africa isn’t being heard’ on the issue. The Canary spoke with the co-founder of environmental NGO Mizu Eco-Care in Zambia to hear his thoughts on the subject. Timothy Kamuzu Phiri said he belongs to the school of thought that values wild animals while they’re alive, not...
International elephant corridor put at risk by killing of Botswana’s largest tuskers
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick While hunters celebrate and conservationists mourn the killing of two of Botswana’s largest-tusked elephants, a biodiversity tragedy is waiting in the wings. or millions of years, elephants have undertaken seasonal migrations, following the rains that nourish the foliage they eat. On the way, they refashion landscapes, fertilise the grasslands essential for countless herbivores and help sequester carbon by spreading seeds. One of their main dispersal routes as they move from the Okavango Delta and central Botswana is northwards along the Kwando River into...
News
Ivory from at least 150 poached elephants seized in the DRC raid
By Malavika Vyawahare - Mongabay A three-year investigation has led authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to 2 metric tons of ivory hidden in a stash house in the southern city of...
Malawi: Elephants to be translocated from Liwonde to Kasungu National Park
By Yankho Phiri, Malawi 24 Government through the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DPNW) says it is ready to commence translocation of 250 elephants and 50 other animals from Liwonde to...
Incredible Journey of Meandering Elephants Ends at Kruger National Park: 5 Relocated, 6 Missing
By SAPeople A group of 11 elephant bulls in Southern Africa – apparently led by an elephant nicknamed Trail Blazer – have journeyed over 700km from Mozambique to reach the Kruger National Park,...
Press releases
Press Release: CITES Standing Committee Agrees that Countries Must Continue to Report on their Domestic Ivory Markets
The Standing Committee of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), at its meeting in Lyon, France, today agreed that countries must continue to report on their domestic ivory markets. CITES Decision 18.117, adopted in 2019, directed...
Studies
New techniques for retrieving fingerprints from ivory to mitigate poaching
By King's College London, Phys.org The use of new techniques for retrieving...
First assessment of metabolites in African savanna elephants
By Phys.org North Carolina State University researchers have conducted the...
Brain size determined the chances of survival among large animals
By EurekAlert Researchers at Tel Aviv University, and the University of...
Reports
Investigation into the trophy hunting of elephants in Botswana’s Community-Based Natural Resource Management areas
By Dr Adam Cruise Click here to read the report. It has been stated ad nauseum that trophy hunting brings in necessary revenue for remote rural communities, and that the practice also provides assistance in increasing wildlife populations and mitigates human wildlife conflict, especially...
About
The Journal of African Elephants was created by a group of concerned journalists, biologists and conservationists, who, after years of tracking and documenting the catastrophic decline of Africa’s elephant populations, have recognised the urgent need for a dedicated English and French news and commentary space to enhance and increase global awareness of the plight of Africa’s savanna and forest elephants. Our Commentary service, in particular, are writers that focus on the need to provide awareness of Africa’s elephants and affected surrounding human communities from a distinctly African perspective that, for the most part, is lacking in the dominance of Western media.