Mexico: Customs agents seize 10 tonnes of shark fins in Manzanillo
toms agents in Manzanillo, Colima, have confiscated a large haul of illegal shark fins bound for the Philippines.
Botswana: 400 elephant hunting licenses to be granted annually, says government
Following the decision to lift the hunting ban, the Botswana government has stated that fewer than 400 elephant hunting licenses will be granted annually and that “hunting will be allowed on a small, strictly controlled basis”.
Faroe Islands: Another 40 Pilot Whales Murdered in the 5th Grind this Year
In the Danish Faroe Islands the fifth grind took place in the evening of May the 26th in the village Hvalba. The Faroer news agencies state the number of murdered pilot whales between 30...
Gambia: Golden Lead Factory is poisoning Bolong Fenyo Wildlife Reserve AGAIN!
While member states of UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) are celebrating biodiversity day- under the theme: “our biodiversity, our food, our health”! The Chinese Fishmeal company- Golden Lead were busy yesterday discharging waste...
Entire Family of Sperm Whales Entangled in Gillnets Dies in Algeria
Algeria: A family of four sperm whales entangled in gillnets drowned near the coast of east Algiers. A dramatic scene took place in Algeria the 16th of may when a family of sperm whales...
Mediterranean Olive Harvest: Millions of Songbirds Vacuumed to Death Every Year
Millions of songbirds are vacuumed out of trees and killed each year during the nocturnal Mediterranean olive harvest, researchers have warned. Over 2.6 million birds are sucked out of trees and killed every year in Andalusia. Vast numbers of...
Great Britain: 100 Dead Sharks Wash Up With Their Fins Cut Off in Wales
Up to 100 sharks washed up dead on a beach in Wales, with some suspecting foul play. A video posted on Facebook showed the sharks strewn across the beach in Carmarthenshire, Wales, with the woman who...
Uganda: Government Signs 4.3 Million Dollar Deal to Export Marijuana to Canada and Germany
The Ugandan government will be smiling all the way to the bank after putting pen to paper in a KSh 160 billion deal (4.2 million USD) to export medical marijuana products to Germany and...
Kenya: Donkey’s Skinned Alive – Activists Urge to Halt Skin Sales to China
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Norway Becomes World’s First Country to Ban Deforestation
Unfortunately, the images that appear in our head when we think of the Earth as we know it are not completely accurate, as the planet has dramatically changed since our early school years. Satellite...
How Namibia Is Robbing Itself: 10.000 Logs Exported to China losing 24 million
A new report exposes the government’s failure to curb the controversial timber trade, with revelations that 10 000 blocks of wood from northern Namibia have been exported to China and Vietnam since November 2018....
Spain: Criminal Network with 4000 KG of Illegal Poached Giant Catfish Arrested
A criminal network fro Romania, dedicated to fishing and illegal trafficking of carp and catfish to eastern European markets, has been rolled up in Spain. In the operation seven people have been arrested and...
Namibia: Chinese Pensioner Fined over Possession Rhino Horn
AN ELDERLY Chinese man who admitted that he had illegal wildlife products, including a rhinoceros horn, and a firearm in his possession at the start of last year was sentenced to pay fines totalling...
Japan Begins Last Round of ‘Research’ Whaling Off Pacific Coast
Japanese whaling vessels launched on Saturday the last round of what Japan calls scientific research off the Pacific coast ahead of the country’s pullout from the International Whaling Commission next month for commercial hunting....
Species Declared Extinct in 2018 Plus One We Have Already Lost in 2019
Earth is losing wildlife at an alarming pace, a crisis many scientists now describe as a mass extinction event. The planet has seen several mass extinctions before, but this is the first in human history...
How Selling Baby Elephants to China and Dubai is Making Zimbabwe Millions
A total of 97 sub-adult elephants have been exported from Zimbabwe to China and Dubai between 2012 and January 2018 with Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) receiving US$ 2.715.000 It is estimated...
Gambia: Millions Of Dead Fish Wash Up Paradise Beach
Sanyang, a coastal village in The Gambia has been struck by another environmental disaster as millions of dead fish wash up ‘Paradise beach‘. Local environmentalist shot this footage the 9th of may. Since Chinese...
GHANA: Chinese Woman busted for attempting to smuggle Rosewood
A Chinese woman, Helena Huang is in the grips of the Police in Tamale for allegedly attempting to smuggle four containers of Rosewood. The Police say they intercepted two trucks in Tamale loaded with...
Kevin Pietersen: Government ‘could write cheque’ to save rhinos now
The government could write a cheque now and save the rhino from extinction, cricket star Kevin Pietersen has said as he lambasts celebrities who use poverty to virtue signal. The former England captain, who...
Lion Farms in South Africa: Shocking Photos Reveal Horrifying Conditions
Shocking photos taken from by an anonymous source reveal severely neglected lions covered in mange at a captive breeding facility in South Africa, offering a horrifying insight into an industry that breeds an estimated 12,000...
Rich Businessman Proudly Kills Two Baby Elephants And Poses For Pictures
After receiving major backlash, Mike Jines, a partner of TopGen Energy, is claiming he did that for ‘self-defence.’ In the recent few years, humans have not only managed to disrupt the habitats of multiple...
Indonesia sinks 51 fishing boats over illegal fishing
JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities have resumed their tough crackdown on illegal fishing in the country’s water and sinks 51 foreign fishing boats. Maritime and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti said the ships were sunk on Saturday...
GAMBIA: Bamboo Forest At Jamburr Bulldozed
The only Bambo strip of forest situated behind the Nawec substation at Jamburr village in the West Coast Region of the Gambia, has been bulldozed to the ground by one Modou Jammeh, who claims...
Ecuador Amazon Tribe Wins First Victory Against Oil Companies
Ecuador’s Waorani indigenous tribe won their first victory Friday against big oil companies in a ruling that blocks the companies’ entry onto ancestral Amazonian lands for oil exploration activities. After two weeks of deliberations,...
Hippo Dung Shortages Caused by Hunting Could Endanger Fish and Communities in Africa
Collapsing hippo numbers – and the loss of dung they produce – poses a threat to the species that thrive in eastern Africa’s rivers and great lakes, and the humans who rely on them. ‘In the long run...
