Category: Animals

SEO Riders – MoU Enhances Cooperation Against Organized Wildlife Trafficking Networks – Intelligence Sharing & Legal Support Boosted for Wildlife, Fish & Timber Crimes – WJC & NESREA Partnership Builds on Past Successes Against Pangolin, Ivory Trade On 16 September 2025, Nigeria’s National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) and the Wildlife Justice Commission…

SEO Riders: Scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and collaborating institutions have developed a cutting-edge “synthetic genomics–based ASFV engineering platform” — a reverse-genetics system that accelerates the development of region-specific vaccines for African swine fever virus (ASFV). Given the intricate genetic diversity of ASFV strains across the continent and the absence of effective…

SEO Riders: – Rhino poaching rates fall as climate and land threats rise – New global rhino status shows stalling recovery amid drought stress – Conservation challenges shift from horns to habitat resilience A comprehensive conservation status report, African and Asian Rhinoceroses – Status, Conservation and Trade, highlights a promising drop in African rhino poaching…

SEO Riders: – Nigeria hippo population decline – Illegal hippo killing condemned – Wildlife conservation urgency in Nigeria The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has strongly condemned the recent killing of a common hippopotamus in Edo State’s Etsako Central LGA by a local vigilante group. The hippo species, classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN, now has…

SEO Riders: – Over 170 teams from 24 countries to run 21 km in full gear, raising funds and awareness. – Event aligned with African Ranger Congress to advance professional standards and ranger welfare. Organizers Tusk and the Game Rangers Association of Africa (GRAA) launched the 2025 Wildlife Ranger Challenge on 22 July, marking the sixth…

SEO Riders: – Nigeria joins West Africa Action Plan, targeting belief-based poisoning and illegal trade. – Forestry Directorate commits to community‑led anti‑poison campaigns and habitat monitoring. – Plan aligns with WAVCAP 2023–2043, aiming to restore threatened vulture populations. The Director of Forestry in Nigeria has disclosed that a specialised national action plan has been developed…

SEO Riders: – AviList consolidates 11,131 bird species and nearly 20,000 subspecies in one global database. – Standard taxonomy enhances coordination in policy, research, eBird, Red List, and beyond. The long-awaited AviList, a unified global checklist of the world’s birds, has officially launched, cataloguing 11,131 species, 19,879 subspecies, 2,376 genera, 252 families, and 46 orders.…

SEO Riders:- – Camera‑trap study finds ~27 Kordofan giraffes remain in Bénoué Park – assumed Critically Endangered. – Poaching and habitat loss identified as urgent threats; anti‑poaching patrols essential. – Giraffe Conservation Foundation & partners implement national strategy, community education, habitat monitoring. A three‑year population study in Cameroon’s Bénoué National Park, conducted by the University…