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05/17/2022

getting worse in . Leaving 3.5m people needing food aid. https://buff.ly/3Mo9ZuR

05/15/2022

Excellent article on viewing conservation and development as necessarily intertwined in and the need for Africans to lead conservation from a local perspective. To quote the author: "African governments do not have to choose development over conservation – that is a false choice. But the change starts from understanding that conservation is not going to be successful too - without development."

Opinions Why the media is critical to Africa’s conservation movement By Kaddu Kiwe Sebunya Published : April 13, 2022 | Updated : April 13, 2022 Twitter Facebook Email Whatsapp linkedin More Share this article Twitter Facebook Email Whatsapp linkedin Twitter Facebook Email Whatsapp linkedin There ...

05/14/2022

Study identifies indigenous literature as tool for inspiring and combatting . Emphasizes need to steer away from . https://buff.ly/3srUvy8.

Literature offers ways to communicate about complex issues like the current global climate emergency

05/13/2022

washes ashore in : https://buff.ly/3Md8DTG

A giant squid washed up on a beach in South Africa over the weekend.

05/13/2022

wrestling with success. With a carrying capacity of 40,000 elephants and an actual population of 90,000 elephants, Zimbabwe is experiencing high levels of -wildlife conflict.

Just two 200 metres away, a bull elephant separated from its herd charges towards the vehicle carrying a group of journalists and one of the photojournalists tries to get an opportune lifetime shot.

05/13/2022

New protections for forest in . "Forest elephants play a key role in conserving rainforests that are crucial and carbon stores," says expert: https://buff.ly/3vW8ApS

Measures from boosting ecotourism to electric fences to protect people’s crops are being used to help the critically endangered species.

05/12/2022

“We are losing more to climate change related issues than to poaching." This is a quote from the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and ." However disturbing, this is now reality in the . A focus on adaptation will be essential for the future of wildlife in the area.

The government has cited climate change as a key threat to wildlife conservation efforts in the country after a disclosure that a record 78 elephants succumbed to the ravaging drought that swept through the Tsavo Conservation Area in 2021. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Tourism and Wildlife Najib Ba...

05/12/2022

has passed, but I wanted to emphasize this infographic from https://buff.ly/3FEsUit. It features one of our Afri-Vet Advisors, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. Thanks much to ! Peppermint Narwhal Creative

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05/11/2022

Study on metabolites increases understanding of the relationship between metabolism and health in . https://buff.ly/37Bv6Lj

Researchers have conducted the first assessment of metabolites in African savanna elephants, an important step in understanding the relationship between metabolism and health in these endangered animals.

05/11/2022

The Wildlife Forensic Academy (https://buff.ly/3skuAZa) Grand Opening is almost here! forensic best practices are not the norm in (and beyond). The Academy and its new facility will help train wildlife professionals and students to remedy this and help catch more wildlife criminals. Visit them here: https://buff.ly/30NEKa2.

05/11/2022

Latest translocation highlights continued efforts to repopulate. 4 bulls were translocated to Bonamanzi Game Reserve in . and repopulation efforts have already helped bring populations from the low 2,000s in the 90s to the mid 3,000s today. Story here:

Conservationists in South Africa have translocated four young black rhinoceros bulls to the Bonamanzi Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal province, in an effort to preserve the population’s genetics and expand safe space for them to grow. The black rhinos (Diceros bicornis), listed as critically endange...

05/09/2022

and to take the brunt of disease transmission from to humans in the wake of , says recent study. “African and Asian nations face the greatest threat of increased virus exposure, once again illustrating how those on the frontlines of the crisis have very often done the least to create climate change,” said one commentator. https://buff.ly/3KZv9xZ.

Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and it's likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, especially in Africa and Asia, according to a new study.