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Gunmen kill prominent anti-poaching leader Wayne Lotter in Tanzania

August 24, 2017

An anti-poaching activist who stared down threats to her personal safety was killed last week by unknown gunmen in the Masaki District of Dar…

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Thursday Throw Down: Battling ostriches get fight broken up by elephant

March 9, 2017

Travel adventurers Bob Scott and his family came across a scene at Tarangire in Tanzania in 2011 when they found two ostriches battling it…

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Giant rats to be used as foot soldiers in war on wildlife trafficking

October 27, 2016

We’ve all heard of sniffer dogs used by law enforcement to root out contraband such as drugs and food. But sniffer rats? Now, the…

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Beautiful – and incredibly rare – white giraffe photographed in Kenya

April 20, 2016

It turns out Omo, a rare white giraffe that has been spotted in Tanzania, is not alone. Another white giraffe, this one in Kenya, has been…

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Extremely rare, extremely cool white giraffe spotted in Tanzania

January 26, 2016

Omo really is one of a kind. The very rare white giraffe has been spotted – twice – by scientists, who are in the midst…

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Is this the face of an Ivory Smuggling Queen?

October 9, 2015

Anti-poaching investigators have caught what activists are calling the most important ivory traffickers ever arrested, a Chinese national who may have been responsible for…

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Poachers creating elephant catastrophe in Tanzania, census reveals

June 3, 2015

An “elephant disaster” is unfolding in Tanzania, where poachers on the hunt for ivory have nearly eradicated the species. The government counted just 43,330…

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Giraffe with broken neck spotted in Serengeti National Park has zig zag profile

June 1, 2015

Animals with extensive injuries don’t normally survive in the wild where only the fittest endure. So it was an amazing sight for photographer Mark…

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The Maasi fight to keep Serengeti plains out of the hands of big game hunters

December 1, 2014

The Serengeti plains in Tanzania is home to lions, leopards, elephants, wildebeest, zebra and buffalo. It’s also where the ancient people of Maasi live….

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Watch a pelican learn to fly via “peli-cam”

March 13, 2014

GoPro animal video never ceases to amaze. Check out this amazing bird’s eye view of a Great White pelican, apparently abandoned by his flock….

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