Wildlife - Top News

• January 8
• New Vision Uganda: Mbale Urged to Educate Locals On Park

  LEADERS in the six districts bordering the Mt. Elgon National Park have been urged to educate residents on the benefits of the park. Kapchorwa district chairman Nelson Chelimo said this would minimise encroachment.

• January 7
• Daily Observer Gambia: Fisheries, FAO Sign Ecosystem Approach Agreement

  The department of state for Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly matters, on behalf of the government of The Gambia, yesterday, signed an agreement with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), on strengthening knowledge base, and implementing an ecosystem approach to marine and fisheries management for developing countries, at a ceremony held at the department of ...

• January 5
• Daily Trust Nigeria: Meeting Jigawa's 'Hyena Man'

  It is almost impossible to see a hyena, dog and goat moving together, let alone "working" for a common goal. But Malam Yusha'u Audu Wurmawa, a popular hunter in Jigawa State has been able to break the barrier by training the trio of beasts to work in harmony.

• New Vision Uganda: Elephantiasis on the Increase in Kamwenge

  ELEPHANTIASIS is on the increase in Kamwenge district.

• January 2
• New Vision Uganda: UWA Delegates Ajai Park Management

  THE Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has appointed a private company to run Ajai Wildlife Reserve in Arua district.

• December 31, 2008
• New Times Rwanda: Kwita Izina - a Uniquely Local Global Conservation Brand

  After realizing the extent to which the rare species of the mountain gorillas were endangered within the Virunga forests, the Rwanda Office of Tourism and National parks (ORTPN) devised a conservation brand known in local Kinyrwanda as 'Kwita Izina' conceptualized after the local traditional ceremony for newly born babies to be used to adopt baby gorillas.

• December 29, 2008
• IRIN Uganda: IDPs Sue Wildlife Authority Over Crop, Property Damage

  Hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Uganda have sued the country's wildlife authority, demanding 2.8 billion shillings (US$1.4m) for damage to their crops and other property by elephants and buffaloes straying out of a national park in the region.

• December 25, 2008
• The Herald Zimbabwe: Parks Authority Renovates Facilities

  THE National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority is upgrading its hospitality facilities countrywide in a move aimed at improving service delivery during the festive season, an official said last week.

• December 24, 2008
• Kickoff South Africa: Smuggler Wanted WC Ticket

  A Burmese border guard, a passionate soccer fan, took bribes to smuggle elephants into Thailand so that he could come to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup.

• December 23, 2008
• Post (Buea) Cameroon: Illegal Forest Exploitation is High - WWF Director

  Despite the current efforts by the World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF, to stem the tides of illegal logging and unscrupulous hunting of wild animals in Cameroon, WWF Country Director, Dr. Martin Chamba, says the phenomenon remains high.

• The Herald Zimbabwe: Crocodile Firm Seeks to Boost Exports

  Crocodile production firm, LakeCroc says it is aiming to increase export volumes of its crocodile products to meet international demand.