Friday, 10 May 2024
Smit E 2024. KAZA elephant survey lacks formal trend analysis.A new report by Elephants Without Borders (EWB), summarising aerial survey results from over a decade across
Southern Africa, found that overall, elephant numbers have not changed significantly.
The report added that while the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) aerial survey counted
227 900 elephants, it lacked any formal trend analysis.
The transboundary aerial survey of KAZA elephants was flown from August to October 2022.
KAZA includes Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, which share international borders along the
Okavango and Zambezi River…
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Muller N 2024. South African abalone poaching fuels violence, threatens species.A suspicious vehicle was driving through the streets of Durban, South Africa, around 3:45 a.m.
with water leaking out of the back.
When police pulled over the red Toyota Condor they found eight bags of shelled abalone worth
about R500,000 (just more than $29,100), South African newspaper Daily Maverick reported.
The driver was arrested as it is illegal to harvest abalone without a permit under South African
law.
The mid-January incident is common in South Africa, where abalone poaching is often
controlled by gangs and linked to the devastating spread of crystal methamphetamine and…
Shortridge GC 1934. Order Proboscidae - Family Elephantidae - The African Elephant Loxodonta. The mammals of South West Africa 357-377
Shortridge GC 1934. Order Perissodactyla - Family Equidae - The mountain Zebra, Hippotigris. The Mammals of South West Africa 389-411
Shortridge GC 1934. Oder Hyracoidea - Famiy Procaviidae - The typical rock dassies, Procavia. The Mammals of South West Africa 380-388