DNA forensics to stop elephant poaching in Tanzania, elsewhere
“A new study has determined that extracting elephant DNA from confiscated ivory could be an important tool to help wildlife authorities stop elephant poaching at its source.” - ThisDay
Elephants destroy food crop farms in Rombo
“Rombo District Council in Kilimanjaro Region has incurred a loss of 718m/- due to destruction done by elephants which wandered into the villages from Tsavo National Park in neighbouring Kenya and ruined food crop farms.” - Tanzania Standard Newspapers
Long memories lead to longer lives for elephants
“A new study in the journal Biology Letters reports that elephant herds with the oldest females will likely be more resilient as climate change brings more frequent and intense droughts to the African savanna. Researchers found that during a 1993 drought in Tanzania, fewer calves died in two herds whose females were older than a third herd.” - globeandmail.com
Scientists Track African Elephants With Satellite Collars
“Scientists are tracking elephants using satellite collars in Botswana and Tanzania to document their movements and prevent human/elephant conflicts, which can be deadly.” - Newswise
Don’t send elephants to Manila, urges animal group
“An animal rights group appealed to Tanzania on Thursday to stop the transfer of elephants and giraffes to a zoo in the Philippines in exchange for crocodiles.” - Reuters.com
Tanzania offers animal swap with RP
“The United Republic of Tanzania in Africa is willing to donate giraffes and elephants to the Manila Zoo in exchange for Philippine crocodiles.” - INQUIRER.net
Serengeti patrols cut poaching of buffalo, elephants, rhinos
“According to a press release by EurekAlert, a technique used since the 1930s to estimate the abundance of fish has shown for the first time that enforcement patrols are effective at reducing poaching of elephants, African buffaloes and black rhinos in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.” - The Hindu
Elephants disrupt burial of jumbo victim in Kenya
“The burial of a man killed by a rogue elephant in Kenya`s Tausa village on the country`s border with Tanzania, was Thursday disrupted by a herd of marauding jumbos, that invaded the ceremony forcing hundreds of mourners and residents to flee the scene.” - AngolaPress
Tanzanian animals flourish
“Tanzania said on Friday it had recorded a surge in the population of wildlife living in its national parks and game reserves, notably among elephants and lions, attributable to anti-poaching measures.” - news24.com
Tanzania seeks to sell ivory in state stores
“Tanzania plans to sell 99 tons of confiscated elephant tusks in government stores to raise funds for conservation efforts and development projects, a senior official said on Friday.” - IOL
Wildlife Officials Brace for 2004 Ivory Sale
“In Nov. 2002, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) ruled that the global ban on ivory trading could be suspended next year for a one-off sale of stockpiles from these three countries. The money will be used to improve protection for wildlife reserves. However, a number of conservation groups believe that adequate mechanisms to monitor this sale are not in place ? and that it could lead to a surge in the poaching that is already evident in Malawi. Tanzania has since indicated that it too would like to sell off some of its 80,000 kg ivory stockpile. ” - Inter Press Service News Agency
Tanzania wants to sell ivory
“Tanzania is seeking permission from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to sell part of its 80 000 tonnes of elephant tusks in government stores, officials said on Saturday. ” - news24.com
