ARTICLES RELATING TO POACHING

Farmers held for assaulting rhino poachers

2013-05-23 10:28
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Three Limpopo farmers have been arrested for alleged attempted murder after apprehending a suspected rhino poacher, a report says.

Royals back fight against poaching

2013-05-21 22:35

Britain's Prince Charles and his son Prince William have urged an end to the poaching of wild animals in Africa.

Cops net abalone worth R1m after chase

2013-05-11 09:49

A man has been arrested for possession of perlemoen worth about R1min Bellville, Cape Town, Western Cape police say.

CAR elephants threatened

2013-05-09 22:21

Cites fears a possible massacre of Central African Republic elephants after poaching reports.

Kruger elephants manageable - SANParks

2013-05-05 21:05

The Kruger National Park's elephant population is manageable and has not reached crisis levels, SANParks says.

Poachers wipe out rhino in Mozambique park

2013-04-26 22:39
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The director of a wildlife organisation says poachers, helped by rangers, have killed every single rhino in the Mozambique section of the Limpopo National Park.

Mozambique's elephants under threat

2013-04-25 08:31

Mozambique's elephant population risks being obliterated within a decade unless tight anti-poaching measures are introduced.

Kenya to toughen poaching sentences

2013-04-06 16:12

The Kenyan government says it plans to bolster current lenient sentences for convicted wildlife poachers or ivory smugglers in a bid to stamp out a spike in elephant killings.

Rhino poaching rose over Easter

2013-04-02 19:40

There has been a significant rise in poaching in the Kruger National Park over the Easter weekend, SA National Parks says.

China ivory smuggler fined $1 a piece

2013-03-26 22:21

A Chinese smuggler caught in Kenya with a haul of ivory was fined less than a dollar a piece, wildlife officials say.

Lawyer appears in poaching case

2013-03-15 16:11

A lawyer and 29 others have appeared in the Western Cape High Court on charges relating to a perlemoen syndicate.

Seized ivory to undergo DNA tests

2013-03-13 14:48

Countries making large seizures of illegal ivory will be required to conduct DNA tests to determine their origin under new anti-trafficking measures.

Poachers have new targets - the rangers

2013-03-09 09:14

Ruthless and heavily armed "criminal syndicates" running the global wildlife trade, are now turning their guns on the rangers who protect endangered species.

Perlemoen-accused fails to appear

2013-03-08 20:07

A warrant of arrest will be issued for a man accused of being part of a perlemoen smuggling syndicate, after he failed to appear in court for a pre-trial conference.

Rhino horns disappear from police custody

2013-03-06 11:05

A set of rhino horns has disappeared from the Assen police station. The Hawks say the only people who could access the storeroom were police officers with a key.

Thai PM vows to end ivory trade

2013-03-03 20:07

The Thai PM has vowed to end the ivory trade, but has given no date as activists say the elephant slaughter goes on.

Poachers turn gamekeepers

2013-02-27 11:00

Turning poachers into gamekeepers helps protect the wildlife, but with little money in the task and few employment opportunities elsewhere, there is always the temptation to return.

Climate change featured in annual review

2013-02-18 17:32

Last year's record shrinkage of Arctic sea ice and a spell of catastrophic droughts, floods and storms have highlighted the risk to the planet from climate change.

Private game reserve under fire

2013-02-16 12:35

A petition has been circulated against a private game reserve in Limpopo that is offering packages to hunt rhino instead of saving them.

Cops: Polela not held over hunting

2013-02-11 14:10

Suspended Hawks spokesperson McIntosh Polela was never arrested over alleged illegal hunting in Himeville, KwaZulu-Natal police have said.

Kenya suspends poaching officials

2013-02-06 16:25

Kenya's wildlife authorities have suspended two top officials in the midst of investigations into rampant poaching that has decimated elephant herds and other wild animals.

Illegal wildlife trade must be stopped

2013-01-25 19:52

Illegal trade in wildlife products like ivory and rhino horn must be treated as a serious crime in order to end the devastating poaching of protected species, the head of UN wildlife trade regulator Cites says.

Vatican defends ivory policy

2013-01-23 21:45

The Vatican has defended itself against accusations it encourages illegal ivory trafficking, telling elephant lovers it would do what it could to help combat "a serious and unjustifiable phenomenon".

638 illegal elephant tusks confiscated

2013-01-16 21:28

Custom officials have seized 638 pieces of illegal elephant ivory estimated to be worth $1.2m at Kenya's main port.

St Lucia croc 'killed for muthi'

2013-01-15 10:29

The head of the Isimangaliso Wetland Park has dismissed speculation that a crocodile whose enormous head was found at St Lucia was the victim of a shark attack, saying its tongue was missing.

 

Smuggled African ivory tusks seized

2013-05-22 09:00

A shipment of elephant tusks smuggled out of Africa has been seized in the United Arab Emirates, the International Wildlife Fund for Animal Welfare has said.

Limpopo cracks whip on poachers

2013-05-14 14:40

A total of 31 people have been arrested for alleged rhino poaching in Limpopo this year, provincial police has said.

26 elephants killed in CAR

2013-05-10 21:30

Wildlife officials say poachers have slaughtered at least 26 elephants inside a famed park in volatile Central African Republic.

WWF: CAR Rebels invade elephant park

2013-05-08 13:02

The WWF has said suspected poachers belonging to the Seleka rebel group entered an elephant habitat in the Central African Republic.

Rhino poaching figures rise

2013-05-02 07:27

The number of poached rhino for the year has risen to 273, the environmental affairs department says.

Elephant poaching on rise in CAR

2013-04-26 12:36

Elephant poachers are taking advantage of the chaos in Central African Republic to hunt down the animals in protected wildlife areas.

Poachers ripping ostrich feathers

2013-04-09 09:54

The beleagured ostrich industry has been hit by poachers who creep into fields at night to rip feathers off live birds.

Vietnamese elephant found mutilated

2013-04-05 22:12

The skinned and mutilated corpse of one of Vietnam's dwindling population of endangered wild elephants has been discovered in a forest in central Quang Binh province.

3 poachers killed in Kruger Park

2013-03-27 20:49
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Three rhino poachers have been shot dead in a shootout with game rangers at the Kruger National Park.

Poachers kill dozens of elephants

2013-03-19 22:16

Poachers killed at least 86 elephants in Chad last week, including 33 pregnant females and 15 calves.

Hawks arrest perlemoen lawyer

2013-03-15 11:32

A lawyer who represented suspects in one of the biggest perlemoen poaching syndicates in the Western Cape has been arrested on similar charges.

Nine arrested for rhino poaching

2013-03-10 21:25

Nine men have been arrested on charges of rhino poaching at a game farm in Limpopo, after burning a field to lure the animals to a specific spot.

Molewa wants united poaching fight

2013-03-08 22:13

The international community needs to co-operate to eliminate the scourge of poaching, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says.

Trio jailed for poaching in Limpopo

2013-03-08 12:06

Three men have been convicted and jailed for poaching by the Modimolle Regional Court in Limpopo, the Hawks say.

Forest elephant population down 62%

2013-03-05 15:26

Central Africa's forest elephant population has declined 62% over the past decade, due mainly to poaching to feed Asia's demand for ivory, a conservation group says.

Ivory laundering in Thailand

2013-03-01 14:26

Thailand allows its nationals to trade in ivory from elephants that have died of natural causes inside its borders. But activists say ivory from Africa is "laundered" through the country.

Nine held for poaching in KZN

2013-02-26 09:38

Nine people have been arrested for poaching in Melmoth after they were found with four dead antelope, KwaZulu-Natal police say.

Man nabbed with elephant tusks

2013-02-17 19:03

Limpopo police say a 45-year-old man will appear in court after being found in possession of two elephant tusks.

DA calls for Polela hunting probe

2013-02-13 08:19

The DA has called for an investigation into alleged poaching by suspended Hawks spokesperson McIntosh Polela.

50% of Gabon elephants killed since 2004

2013-02-06 22:29

More than half of Gabon's elephant population has been killed by poachers since 2004 despite ramped up security measures to try to stop the slaughter.

Shark catcher verdict welcomed

2013-02-04 14:00

A verdict by the Mossel Bay Magistrate's Court that found a man guilty of catching and landing a Great White shark, has been welcomed by the department of agriculture, forestry and disheries.

Rhino poaching numbers on the rise

2013-01-23 22:18

Thirty-two rhino have been poached in South Africa since the beginning of the year, the department of environmental affairs says.

Vets struggle to treat hurt rhino

2013-01-19 23:22

South Africa's poaching epidemic has been veterinarians racing to learn more about rhino anatomy, so they can swiftly treat survivors of attacks.

KZN poacher 'witch doctor' charged

2013-01-16 18:24

A "witch doctor" has been arrested after apparently giving a Mozambican rhino poacher muti.

Suspected poachers caught after tip-off

2013-01-14 20:41

Four men have been arrested for allegedly planning to hunt rhino in the Waterpoort area, near Makhado, after police received a tip-off, Limpopo police say.

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