Tanzania elephant plan

Tanzania elephant plan
East African Business Week
In the next 15 years, the Tanzania government wants to build its elephant population to 100,000. I am not sure whether this was a mistake or not, but this figure seems very ambitious. By nature, elephants do not produce many off-springs. I am wondering ...

East African Business Week

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

BBC

Zimbabwe elephant sale plan defended

A Zimbabwean official has defended a plan to sell elephants for up to $40,000 (£26,000) each, saying the money is needed for its biggest game reserve.

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

World Elephant Day: Conserve and protect the Elephant from the numerous threats it faces

The world is presently witnessing brutality & annihilation of one of the most charismatic mammals on earth, the African Elephant at a shocking rate in human history. Poaching, habitat loss and other cruelty are alarming. Tanzania being a treasure of elephants in Africa has recently revealed its catastrophe. 
The recent elephant census conducted in the main elephant ecosystems for seven months consecutively from May to November 2014, indicates   a significant decline of current elephant...

 

11 years ago

BBC

Tanzania elephant poaching 'rises'

The killing of elephants has increased sharply in Tanzania since a controversial anti-poaching operation was suspended, a deputy minister says.

 

10 years ago

IAfrica.Com

03 Jun

Tanzania elephant decline 'catastrophic'

iAfrica.com
Tanzania elephant decline 'catastrophic'
iAfrica.com
Elephant census figures released by Tanzania show a "catastrophic decline" of around 60 percent over the last five years, leading wildlife trade monitoring group TRAFFIC said on Tuesday. "The government's figures show Tanzania lost tens of thousands of ...
Sharp decline of elephants in Tanzania is direct result of poachingFirstpost
Tanzania's elephant population declines by 60 pct - surveyIPPmedia
Tanzania blames migration for huge...

 

10 years ago

Ecorazzi

27 Apr

Tanzania Unveils New Elephant Orphanage

Tanzania Unveils New Elephant Orphanage
Ecorazzi
This is very good news for elephants: an orphanage for baby elephants is underway in Tanzania, which is scheduled to open June 1. More and more baby elephants are roaming the wild alone without guidance or protection because their parents have been ...
Illegal Ivory Traders Now Explore New Export RoutesAllAfrica.com

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10 years ago

National Geographic

14 Jul

Is the Worst of Tanzania's Elephant Crisis Over?

National Geographic
Is the Worst of Tanzania's Elephant Crisis Over?
National Geographic
After announcing devastating elephant losses, a top Tanzanian minister says the poaching crisis has been curtailed. Picture of an elephant in Tanzania. A male elephant in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park spreads his ears as a warning. Between 2009 ...

 

10 years ago

ITV News

23 Apr

Exposed: Tanzania's elephant killing fields

ITV News
Exposed: Tanzania's elephant killing fields
ITV News
Half the elephants in one of Africa's largest national parks - over 4,000 animals - have been killed by poachers in a single year, according to new research. Elephant numbers in Tanzania's Ruaha National Park have dropped from 8,500 in 2014 to just over ...

 

9 years ago

CNN International

31 Oct

Tanzania gets 'The Devil' as it cracks down on elephant poaching

CNN International
Tanzania gets 'The Devil' as it cracks down on elephant poaching
CNN International
(CNN) First, Tanzanian authorities arrested the "Queen of Ivory." Now they've got their hands on "The Devil." For the second time in a month, the country's National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit Task Force has bagged a wanted ...
CAUGHT: The Man Who Killed Thousands Of ElephantsThe Dodo
Most wanted ivory poaching mastermind arrested in Tanzania.Blasting News
Another blow to...

 

9 years ago

ETurboNews

04 Sep

Elephant poaching, tourism and politics in Tanzania

eTurboNews
Elephant poaching, tourism and politics in Tanzania
eTurboNews
TANZANIA (eTN) - Ahead of Tanzania's general election in late October, opposition presidential hopeful, Edward Lowassa, has vowed to end poaching of elephants and trade in blood ivory. Mr. Lowassa, who is vying for the Tanzania presidential post under ...

 

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