by Ryan Tate | Aug 31, 2014 | Africa, conservation, elephants, Ivory, poaching, rhinos, tanzania, Zimbabwe
This piece on the website Fight for Rhinos looks at the shoot-to-kill policy toward poachers that some African countries have adopted in a desperate attempt to reduce rampant poaching of rhinos and elephants. While it is controversial, it has also proven...
by Ryan Tate | Jul 14, 2014 | Africa, Ivory, Zimbabwe
“The U.S. banned imports of ivory from Zimbabwe and Tanzania in February, citing concern over whether the elephant populations were sustainable.”...