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... 
by ACF | Aug 25, 2019 | Rhinos, Wildlife News
There are only two northern white rhinos left worldwide, both of them female. Saving this representative of megafauna from extinction seems impossible under these circumstances, yet an international consortium of scientists and conservationists just completed a... 
by ACF | Jul 20, 2019 | Elephants, Forest, Habitat News
Forest elephant extinction would exacerbate climate change. That’s according to a new study in Nature Geoscience which links feeding by elephants with an increase in the amount of carbon that forests are able to store. The bad news is that African forest elephants –...