Follow AllAfrica News: Wildlife, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-wildlife Sat, 29 Jan 2022 03:05:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaCLPXAXslrMWW0GqTRQSgk [VOA] Gomoa, Ghana -- The coast of Ghana is home to five of the world's endangered sea turtles, which are threatened by fishing nets and poachers who sell their meat and eggs. To help revive the turtle populations, a group of young footballers have taken it upon themselves to guard turtle nests and rescue turtles captured by fishermen.]]> Fri, 28 Jan 2022 15:10:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaCLPXAXslrMWW0GqTRQSgk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZrS4Fuu0NnokQqW5gBv7mX [The Conversation Africa] Sound plays an important role in nature. It also helps researchers to study and interpret different landscapes and the species that live there. Most animals make sound; biologists often rely on chirps, squawks or whistles to describe and identify species or groups of species. They can also extract behavioural information from sound. For instance, researchers have found that the yellow-casqued hornbill in West Africa can distinguish predator-specific alarm calls made by Diana monkeys.]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:19:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZrS4Fuu0NnokQqW5gBv7mX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwbL6mgAKG9FszHgrmwRGUK6 [Nyasa Times] The Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Lilongwe has set February 10, 2022, as the date for delivering a ruling on whether a Chinese national, Bin Liu, has a case to answer or not in the wildlife crime charges he is answering.]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:07:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwbL6mgAKG9FszHgrmwRGUK6 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaR4p6JpeVauaJCIqJppjfU [Nile Post] At least one person was killed by an elephant in Murchison Falls National Park on Tuesday, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) confirmed.]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:05:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaR4p6JpeVauaJCIqJppjfU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwbzXGLDiBn-rFLv-B9hV9S2 [The Herald] Zimbabwe Republic Police is among security forces from 23 countries that are participating in an eight-week International Criminal Police Organisations (Interpol) operation against wildlife crime and trafficking.]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:56:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwbzXGLDiBn-rFLv-B9hV9S2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwY_wOaZSwRLwc4HQhe4ZUzd [Namibia Economist] Over two hundred wild birds along the coast in Walvis Bay were found dead as a result of a suspected Avian Influenza outbreak, an official said last week Friday.]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:47:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwY_wOaZSwRLwc4HQhe4ZUzd https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYxjuL74Zmwm1T72x6uxjiK [Daily Maverick] South African wilderness guide Sicelo Mbatha believes that journeys into the wild should be a healing and spiritual experience. In Black Lion: Alive in the Wilderness - co-authored with Bridget Pitt - he traces his own path into the wild. As a black trail guide and author, he brings an important perspective to African conservation that is missing from most accounts of this nature.]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:41:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYxjuL74Zmwm1T72x6uxjiK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYxjuL74ZmwmzRQaTQYXBS9 [New Era] Investigations are underway to establish whether the suspected Avian Influenza strain that killed over 200 wild birds at the coast can infect humans.]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:33:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYxjuL74ZmwmzRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwbiROcJ1ddlFyuZukmJ4mr4 [The Conversation Africa] Demand for rhino horn in Asian markets, especially Vietnam and China, has pushed the remaining rhino populations to the brink of extinction. In the past decade, nearly 10,000 rhinos were killed by poachers in Africa. The remaining rhino populations in Africa and Asia are steadily declining, with fewer than 30,000 animals left in 2020 from a population of 500,000 at the beginning of the 20th century.]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:43:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwbiROcJ1ddlFyuZukmJ4mr4 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZJ6HVKbJoqM_nNuMIJyU22 [The Conversation Africa] Picture a mature, broad-branched tree like an oak, maple or fig. How does it reproduce so that its offspring don't grow up in its shadow, fighting for light?]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:41:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZJ6HVKbJoqM_nNuMIJyU22 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwa5ra5APNIZP0TXPGaG87AR [Capital FM] Nairobi -- WildlifeDirect, a Kenyan-registered nonprofit organization campaigning wildlife conservation, has opposed the planned repeal of Section 34 (2A) of the Forest Act warning the move will erode gains made in protecting Kenya's wildlife.]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 07:21:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwa5ra5APNIZP0TXPGaG87AR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaO997oicDMiixhxzpi7FpJ [MBC] Deforestation and lack of sustainable use of natural resources is putting in danger some of Malawi's rare species of animals. The news comes following rediscovery of a rare species of chameleon called Chapman Pygmy.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:48:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaO997oicDMiixhxzpi7FpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYnYL2KZvLV73-fx8LWuXng [Seychelles News Agency] Eight Aldabra giant tortoises transported from the Seychelles' main island of Mahe have settled into new lives and are roaming freely on D'Arros Island, the Save Our Seas Foundation said.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:21:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYnYL2KZvLV73-fx8LWuXng https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYnqzegjKiz73Mq2h3ehXEp [New Era] A leading SADC Safari hunting company that has so far spent over US$3 million to support wildlife conservation and socio-economic development in Tanzania has appealed to the British Government to discontinue the trophy hunting imports ban bill because it will harm African people and wildlife.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:10:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYnqzegjKiz73Mq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZg18H8gH6s7Ivmyuk5fxzE [New Times] Rosette Chantal Rugamba, the founder of Songa Africa, an East African tourism and hospitality company has been appointed to the World Wide Fund (WWF) for nature international board.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:51:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZg18H8gH6s7Ivmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaUnGbNnywkiQpx5_w21kha [Daily Maverick] When vast areas of northern Botswana are denuded of trees, elephants almost always get the blame. We need to start looking elsewhere.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 11:43:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaUnGbNnywkiQpx5_w21kha https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaDkGdM9fVKKabel3Iu4GjH [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Conservationists are raising alarm over an attempt by Parliament to repeal a section of Forest Conservation and Management Act (2016).]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:13:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaDkGdM9fVKKabel3Iu4GjH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYKkGCOqXa5stKEpFgimKzx [Daily Maverick] A family's outing to the iSimangaliso Wetland Park in KwaZulu-Natal turned into a nightmare when a bull elephant charged, battered and then overturned their vehicle at the weekend.]]> Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:55:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYKkGCOqXa5stKEpFgimKzx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZdeSLep29CFrmyhX6zo8SW [The Conversation Africa] The lakes of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) play a big part in people's lives - socially, politically and economically. But lake fishing communities find themselves at the intersection of geography, war and authority, as rebel groups and conservation managers also claim spaces and resources.]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2022 13:06:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZdeSLep29CFrmyhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwbzPcrvG8fEo1hGNgNo2_0q [Thomson Reuters Foundation] As the U.N. biodiversity conference approaches, efforts to ensure effective nature protection must include indigenous people and local communities]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2022 11:09:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwbzPcrvG8fEo1hGNgNo2_0q