Most Active Stories: Wildlife

  1. Kenya: Bridge to Bring Relief to Croc-Infested Area

    Four pupils, two parents and a baby are among those killed by crocodiles and hippos while crossing river Galana in Chakama division, Malindi district in the recent past.

  2. Zimbabwe: Poachers Kill 200 Rhinos

    Zimbabwe has lost about 200 rhinos to poachers in the last three years as locals increasingly network with international syndicates in the illegal trade of the horns, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism heard yesterday.

  3. Mozambique: Inhambane Film on Manta Rays

    The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) will on 11 November transmit a documentary on the work of Inhambane-based researcher Andrea Marshall, who has discovered that there are two types of manta rays.

  4. Rwanda: Supermodel Treks Gorillas

    Renowned Czech-born model, Veronika Varekova, who has been in the country on a 5-day visit trekked the Mountain Gorillas three times.

  5. Somalia: Puntland Investigating 'Flying Poachers'

    Authorities in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, are compiling data on foreign helicopters said to be poaching and stealing wildlife from the area while at the same time scaring off the farm animals.

  6. Kenya: India Faces Health Threats As Vultures Vanish

    In the Holy scriptures of the Hindus, Jatayu the vulture tried to rescue Lord Ram's wife, Sita from the evil clutches of the demon Ravan.

  7. Gambia: Hippos On the Rampage in CRR Again

    Hippopotami have over the weekend destroyed some rice fields at Brook Rice farm in Upper Fulladu District, Central River Region (CRR) south.

  8. Kenya: Sightings Are Becoming Rare Even in Rural Areas

    The Bombay Natural History Society of which research Dr Viblin Prakash is a deputy director and the Indian Veterinary Research Institute have come up with an alternative drug which is just as good a painkiller as the banned diclofenal without the negative consequences.

  9. Uganda: 11 Mukono Residents Arrested Over Poaching

    THE Police in Nakaseke district and the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) have arrested 11 residents of Mukono district over poaching in a forest reserve in Wakyato sub-county.

  10. Uganda: Nakasongola Gets New Revenue Source

    NAKASONGOLA District Local council will soon start earning millions of revenue from sport hunting following an agreement with the Uganda Wildlife Authority., a senior official has said.

  11. Uganda: National Park Encroachers Warned

    People living around Mt. Elgon National Park must stop encroaching on the Park, the army Spokesman has warned.


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