by ACF | Dec 18, 2019 | Great Apes, Wildlife News
Uganda’s Ministry of Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities and the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration reveal that the number of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in the 340-square kilometer transboundary protected forest have increased to 459 from an... 
by ACF | Dec 8, 2019 | Habitat News, Wildlife News
Over the past few decades, South Africa has seen a dramatic conversion from livestock or crop farming to wildlife ranching – known locally as game farming. The result has been a rapid rise in areas enclosed by game fences and a high demand for wildlife. Animals are... 
by ACF | Nov 4, 2019 | Wildlife News
Social networking, even between competing species, plays a much bigger role in ecology than anyone previously thought, according to three biologists at the University of California, Davis. “There’s mounting evidence that different species pay attention to... 
by ACF | Oct 18, 2019 | Campaigns, Elephants, Wildlife News
The Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ZNSPCA) has been denied access to the country’s captive elephants, reportedly about to be sent to captive facilities in China. This suggests that welfare concerns are being ignored. The ZNSCPA is... 
by ACF | Sep 22, 2019 | Wildlife News
Alley Cat Rescue Protects African wildcats in Kruger National Park through TNR. Six hundred free-roaming cats have been sterilized and vaccinated by Alley Cat Rescue’s international partnership to protect African wildcats in South Africa. The project aims to... 
by ACF | Aug 31, 2019 | Elephants, Forest
Pangolins, a group of unique African and Asian scaly mammals, are considered to be one of the most heavily trafficked wild mammals in the world. They are hunted and traded for their meat, scales, and other body parts, and used as traditional medicines in parts of...