Saving Kenya’s orphaned elephants
Drought, poaching, and shrinking habitats have taken a toll on elephants in Kenya. An elephant orphanage run by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is trying to reverse the damage, as CNN’s David McKenzie reports.
Monkey evicted from palace after peeing on president
The president of Zambia has ordered the eviction of around 200 monkeys from the gardens of the presidential palace after one of them urinated on his head during a press conference. Read More »
Elderly woman dies after collision with zebra
An elderly woman died shortly after colliding with a zebra while on safari in Kenya, a coroner investigating the case said Wednesday. Read More »
Chimps’ prodigious memories for fruit trees revealed
Clever chimpanzees memorise the precise locations of their favourite fruit trees amid forests of thousands of similar trees and even remember when each tree is most likely to be in season, new research has shown. Read More »
Drought threatens survival of last ‘desert elephants’
A devastating drought in Mali is threatening the existence of West Africa’s last desert elephants, according to conservationists, with “urgent action” needed to prevent them dying of thirst – or as a consequence of a water war with local herdsmen. Read More »
Baby gorilla rescued from trafficking ring
A baby gorilla has been seized from animal traffickers in the Democratic Republic of Congo following a three-month undercover investigation to bust an international wildlife smuggling ring. Read More »
Shrinking giraffe numbers highlight Kenyan wildlife crisis
Conservationists have warned that Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve is facing a wildlife crisis as new research reveals that giraffe numbers have fallen by 95 percent in the past two decades. Read More »
Man bites python in three-hour snake fight
A Kenyan man survived a three-hour struggle with a four-metre python by biting the snake’s tail as it prepared to swallow him whole. Read More »