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January 2, 2009 by The Safari Guide · Comments Off
Wishing you all a great 2009!
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Kenya Launches Strategy to Conserve the Grevys Zebra
August 18, 2008 by The Safari Guide · Leave a Comment
SAMBURU HEARTLAND, KENYA–The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) recently released a national strategy to conserve the Grevy’s zebra, the largest of the three zebra subspecies. Once found across Eastern Africa, today the Grevy’s zebra is found only in northern Kenya and a few pockets in southern Ethiopia. Its population has also plummeted: only an estimated 2,500 remain in the wild, down from 15,000 in the 1970s.
African Grass Owl in Urgent Need of Research and Conservation
August 7, 2008 by The Safari Guide · Leave a Comment
The African Grass Owl (Tyto capensis) is the focus of a new task force established under the auspices of the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Birds Of Prey Working Group (EWT-BoPWG). The species is currently listed as Vulnerable in the Eskom Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland (Barnes, 2000). Recent large scale changes to its habitat by man-induced impacts such as housing, industrial and agricultural developments, collisions with vehicles, fences and power-lines could very likely result in an even higher threat of extinction, especially if the current rate of impact is maintained.
Hippo Management by EKZNW
August 7, 2008 by The Safari Guide · Leave a Comment
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (EKZNW) is the provincial agency mandated to manage nature/biodiversity conservation within the province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is an agency that has a proud record of dedication to this purpose stretching back more than fifty years. The organization and its staff have come to realize that this mandate can produce situations that call for hard decisions and drastic action - usually with regard to situations involving actual or potential conflict between large and potentially dangerous game and humans.
China Given Green Light to Import Stockpiled Ivory
August 5, 2008 by The Safari Guide · Leave a Comment
China will be allowed to join Japan in importing ivory through a one-off sale of ivory stockpiles by four southern African countries, the Standing Committee for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) announced in July. All proceeds of the sale must be put back into elephant conservation and community development projects benefiting those who live side by side with elephants.