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RINDERPEST, A DEADLY AND HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS disease that strikes cloven-hoofed animals, has infected cattle in a village near Tanzania's Ngorongoro crater, threatening not only more livestock but the abundant wildlife throughout the Serengeti…

THE VOLCANO NYAMULAGIRA ERUPTED recently in Zaire's Virungas National Park, the lava flow stopping short of a forest inhabited by chimpanzees.The volcano, active over the course of about six weeks, did not affect civil-war refugees camped near the…

The rare colobus monkeys in Kenya's Diani Forest no longer have to worry about dodging traffic along the road that cuts through their habitat. Now they can take the high road, safely crossing on four arboreal rope bridges constructed by local…

SEVEN MOUNTAIN GORILLAS have been born in Rwanda since April, a promising sign for the survival of this highly endangered species. The world's only remaining mountain gorillas live in Rwanda, Zaire and Uganda. Rwanda is struggling to recover from…

Guard dogs trained by the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) are now at work on some 50 farms in Namibia protecting livestock, including goats belonging to President Sam Nujoma of Namibia.The CCF, which has received support from AWF's predator program,…

IN TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS, severe weather in South Africa resulted in the loss of human life and the death of thousands of wild animals, among them 14 black-maned Kalahari Desert lions.Last April, 21 lions, close to starvation because of a three…

Wildlife Authorities from Kenya and Tanzania have arrested a man in connection with the recent slaughter of several elephants from Kenya's Amboseli area.According to reports from Kenya, the suspect allegedly had a 458 rifle in his possession and has…

More than 100 Buffaloes were killed as the result of a raging bush fire that swept through Namibia's Mamili National Park in August.The cause of the fire is unclear, according to the Ministry of Environment and Tourism. The blaze could have resulted…

The discovery that a presumably ordinary lion rescued from a bankrupt traveling circus is in fact a rare, black-maned Barbary lion has caught scientists at South Africa's Hoedspruit Research and Breeding Center for Endangered Species by surprise,…

A recent wildlife survey in the Laikipia District of central Kenya in February 2001 provided an opportunity to test a Zebra Simulation Model developed by The Mpala Research Centre. This predictive model can estimate the total number of zebras…

We are sitting on the porch at Tawi Lodge in the Kilimanjaro Heartland. Mt. Kilimanjaro is smack dab in front of us. The view is brilliant as the mountain stands with magnificent enormity. Tawi Lodge sits right in the middle of Kilitome Conservancy,…

If you ask wildlife managers working in national parks in Botswana, Kenya and Tanzania where they studied, many will give you the same answer: The College of African Wildlife Management in Mweka, Tanzania.Situated in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro …

Africa does not have to choose between modernization and wildlife. It is possible for the continent to pursue economic growth without sacrificing its wildlife and other natural resources in the process. In the past few years,…

Beatrice Lempaira has proven that conservation pays. In early October, the 21 year-old young Kenyan woman was accepted to Nairobi University's Faculty of Arts program, where she will pursue her undergraduate degree in Economics. Beatrice's tuition…

An analysis of COVID-19’s impact on conservation — and especially African conservation – is not complete without considering the economic ramifications this pandemic has on the wildlife, wild lands, and people who, typically enjoying the benefits of…