(Posted 16th April 2025)
Elephant kills ranger in Tamio, Samburu County |
| Citizen TV, Kenya, April 14 2025 |
| Residents of Tamio village in Samburu county have issued an ultimatum to the Kenya Wildlife Service to eliminate a notorious killer elephant, which has killed seven people over the last 10 months. In the latest incident, the Elephant killed a ranger at the Kirisia forest rangers camp. |
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Nigerian authorities seize nearly 4 tons of pangolin scales, arrest five suspects |
| Spoorthy Raman, Mongabay, April 15, 2025 |
| Nigerian authorities have seized 3.76 metric tons of pangolin scales and arrested five people in Lagos, in a follow-up to the recent arrest of a Chinese national suspected of trafficking pangolin scales. The seizure, made in April, is estimated to have come from at least 1,900 dead pangolins, according to the Netherlands-based nonprofit Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC), which has partnered with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on the issue. |
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