The African Wild Dog, Also Known As The African Painted Dog, Is One Of The World’s Most Endangered Species, With Only 7,000 Left, Largely Due To Human-Wildlife Conflict
In Karnataka’s Ballari district, the Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary is located. The sloth bear sanctuary is Asia’s first. It covers 82.72 square kilometres or 31.94 sq mile. Ballari is 50 kilometres away, and Hampi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is 15 kilometres away
When former president Blaise Compaore fled Burkina Faso seven years ago, he left behind a zoo of lions, ostriches, hippos and hyenas, which began starving to death. A non-profit stepped in to rescue them last year and has reopened the zoo to the public
Kazakh conservationists fear that the construction of a new highway linking central and western Kazakhstan could disrupt the migration of critically endangered saiga antelope and lead to a further reduction in their population
As the Jerusalema dance challenge sweeps across Africa, in Zimbabwe the wildlife are joining in. Staff at a Zimbabwe sanctuary for rescued wildlife have seen their dance video posted online with elephants, giraffes and other animals go viral
Scientists say COVID-19 likely originated through ‘animal to human’ transmission at a wild animal market in Wuhan, China. New studies by the Global Virome Project, a worldwide effort to increase preparedness for pandemics, indicate the world can expect about five new animal-borne pathogens to infect humans each year, creating a sense of urgency to curb the wild animal tradeable Life
Kenya’s Amboseli National Park is home to herds of elephants which are prone to poaching for the illicit trade in ivory. And now a program that has brought on board women in the fight against poachers is gaining traction
A team of veterinarians in Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy is trying to save the Northern White Rhino from extinction by using in vitro fertilization, or IVF…
Poachers kill the animals to obtain the horn, which in traditional Chinese medicine is believed to have healing powers, although there is little evidence to support this