Elephant poachers penetrate South African borders again

SA Breaking News | 30 July, 2014 | Cindy Tilney | Free to Republish

A second elephant has been butchered for its tusks by poachers in Parfuri, northern Kruger National Park, 10km in from the Mozambican and Zimbabwean borders. SANParks officials discovered the two day old carcass with its tusks hacked out yesterday morning…. Full Story ?

News 24 | 30 July, 2014 | AFP |

Nairobi – The world’s great apes face extinction within decades, renowned chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall warned on Tuesday in a call to arms to ensure man’s closest relatives are not wiped out. “If we don’t take action the great apes… Full Story ?

Wildlife News | 23 July, 2014 | Paul Newman |

Insatiable Chinese demand for timber is driving a grossly unsustainable illegal logging and timber smuggling crisis which threatens to undermine Mozambique’s forest resources. Launching the new report First Class Crisis today, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) revealed that a staggering 93 per cent… Full Story ?