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30/03/2013 - France

Man cuts off elephant's tusk with chainsaw in Paris museum

Paris police have arrested a man for breaking into a museum and cutting off an elephant’s tusk with a chainsaw on Friday night.

13/02/2013

African press review 13 February 2013

Does Zuma have a rabbit in his hat? Can hip-hop help education? How did four rhinoceros horns come to disappear from a Zimbabwe court? And what's cooking in Lesotho?

02/03/2012

African press review 2 March 2012

Poaching in Cameroon, a possible free trade agreement between two Kenya and Tanzania and breaking off an engagement in Nigeria, are all stories in some of Africa's papers today.

Kenya's lions under threat
23/02/2012 - International report

Kenya's lions under threat

Latest figures show that over the past nine years the number of lions in Kenya has dropped from 2,700 to some 2,000.

Indonesia-US debt swap to protect wildlife
04/10/2011 - World news explained

Indonesia-US debt swap to protect wildlife

The United States has announced a 22.5 million euro debt swap with Indonesia that will help to reduce deforestation in Kalimantan, Indonesia's part of Borneo island.

29/09/2011 - South Africa - Vietnam - report

South Africa wants to curb rhino horn poaching

South Africa and Vietnam have launched talks toward an agreement to curb rhino poaching. South Africa lost 333 rhinos to poaching last year.

Can Kenya save the elephant?
27/09/2011 - International report

Can Kenya save the elephant?

Kenya’s elephant population has shrunk from more than 160,000 in 1963, to less than 40,000 today due to several factors including climate change, forest decline, habitat degradation and ...

30/08/2011

African press review 30 August 2011

It’s a mixed bag in the African newspapers, although a few still have thoughts on Libya.

26/11/2010 - Kenya

Two elephant poachers shot dead in Kenya

Two poachers have been shot dead in Kenya. They are suspected of killing two elephants in one of the country’s top national parks.

22/11/2010 - Russia - India - China

Putin hosts conference to save tigers

Top politicians from 13 countries are in St Petersburg for a four-day conference that is hoping to find a way to raise hundreds of millions of euros needed to save wild tigers from extinction.

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