CONSERVATION – Zimbabwe Wonders

CONSERVATION, UncategorizedAugust 12, 2021August 12, 2021

World Elephant Day

On August 12 World Elephant Day asks you to help conserve and protect elephants from the numerous threats they face. On August 12, 2012, the inaugural World Elephant Day was launched to bring attention to the urgent plight of Asian and African elephants. The elephant is loved, revered …

CONSERVATIONAugust 12, 2019

Watch and Share on this World Elephant Day

CONSERVATIONAugust 12, 2019

Spare a Thought for the Elephant Today

ON AUGUST 12, 2012, the inaugural World Elephant Day was launched to bring attention to the urgent plight of Asian and African elephants. The elephant is loved, revered and respected by people and cultures around the world, yet we balance on the brink of seeing …

CONSERVATION, INTERNATIONALAugust 3, 2019

Zimbabwe Embroiled in Another ‘Illegal’ Sale

THIRTY SEVEN wild-caught juvenile elephants are currently incarcerated near Hwange National Park pending a stalled export to zoos in China and Pakistan, according to Melissa Reitz of the South African-based Conservation Action Trust. This is in addition to the approximately 125 baby elephants Zimbabwe has …

CONSERVATION, CULTURE AND HERITAGEAugust 2, 2019August 2, 2019

America to Fund Great Zimbabwe Preservation

THE United States of America has offered Zimbabwe $475,000 to help restore the stone walls at Great Zimbabwe, a fortress that dates back to the 11th century and which gave the country its name. The walls, which are 11 metres in height in some places, …

CONSERVATIONJuly 28, 2019

Save Conservancy Gets New Lease of Life

AN almost two-decade deadlock between conservancy owners and Zimbabwean villagers that forcibly occupied parts of one of the biggest sanctuaries in the country has at last been resolved, paving way for the establishment of one of the world’s biggest inter-country park. The resolution of the …