Monthly Archive: August, 2021

Investigation derails Namibia’s key argument for sale of endangered elephants

By Tracy Keeling – The Canary Namibia confirmed on 11 August that it’s going ahead with a controversial sale of endangered elephants. Officials claim the sell-off will “minimise human-elephant conflicts” in the areas from which they’ll take the elephants. But an investigation threatens to derail this assertion, as it’s apparently found that such conflicts are minimal in most of the targeted areas. An investigation by the...

Nigeria: Customs Intercept N22.3bn Pangolin Scales, Elephant Tusks In Lagos

By Tola Adenubi, Nigerian Tribune The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday, said it arrested three suspected smugglers in connection with different kilograms of Pangolin scales and Elephant tusks worth N22.3 billion in Lagos. While displaying the seizures to newsmen in Lagos, the Controller General of Customs (CGC), Col. Hameed Ali, said the 17,137.44 kilograms of Pangolin scales (196 sacks),...