Tag: Wildlife
a hundred elephants died due to drought and lack of water
In Zimbabwe, prolonged drought is killing elephants in Hwange National Park – the country’s largest natural park, home to 45,000. At least 100 elephants have died of exhaustion due to…
Pet and Wildlife Rescue launches annual fundraiser amidst rising costs
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News With rising costs and a shelter that is regularly full, Pet and Wildlife Rescue in Chatham is looking to the community to ensure its…
Chinstrap penguins take more than 10,000 naps per day
Eyes that are heavy, eyelids that close. The signs are not deceiving, it is indeed the desire to take a nap that is showing. But at work or behind the…
beekeepers denounce low-cost honey imports
Around a hundred beekeepers gathered this Thursday, November 30, in Paris, to raise awareness about their fate. It’s a paradox: while France consumes more honey than it produces, the stocks…
Kenya: rare birth of twin elephants
An elephant has given birth to twin girls in Kenya, a fairly rare occurrence for the largest land mammal, an association for the protection of this endangered species announced on…
elephants are increasingly migrating due to climate change
For several weeks, Hwange national park, one of the most important in Zimbabwe, has seen a massive movement of animals, particularly elephants and buffalo, towards neighboring Botswana. Reason for this…
the bedbug enters the political debate
Bedbugs are entering the political debate in France. After suspicions of the presence of these insects in public transport, the minister in charge of the sector, Clément Beaune, receives the…
Hundreds of sick hedgehogs can go to Frederike and Stef’s wildlife shelter next year
A sick hedgehog now has to be transported another 40 to 50 kilometers to the nearest wildlife sanctuary. “That is much too far for such a weakened animal,” says Frederike.…
Being(s) together: an exhibition that questions our relationship with nature
It’s an exhibition in keeping with the times. To be together questions in a poetic and down-to-earth way the relationships between man and nature. Through more than 300 objects, photographs,…
French customs discover vast trafficking in animal skulls from Africa
In France, a vast trafficking of African animal skulls discovered by French customs. 718 skulls, including 392 from protected primates, were seized between May and December 2022 by agents at…