Africa Wildlife Detective

Goat and rooster dash to rescue chicken attacked by a hawk.

Imagine a quiet sunny morning on your farm when a goshawk dive-bombs your chicken, scattering feathers everywhere.

Watch this very amazing example of animals willingly helping members of other species that find themselves in crisis situations.

Hero farm animals rescue chicken buddy from hawk in dramatic video “I was so proud of the rooster and the goat jumping in to defend our chicken,” the 59-year-old farmer said. “I was also very relieved that the chicken survived.”  

There are very few positives to take from the coronavirus. The global pandemic may just be an important moment in the attempts to address the illegal wildlife trade. The outbreak originated in a market in which a variety of animal-derived products and meats like peacocks, porcupines, bats, and rats were traded. But do the Chinese authorities have the will to do something to stop this?

Illegal wildlife trade goes online as China shuts down markets Online shift increases pressure on China’s tech giants over trade thrust into spotlight by coronavirus outbreak.

What Everybody Ought to Know About the illegal animal trade in this country:
This new discovery is a further indication that the commercial wildlife trade in Albania is out of control.

Restaurant serves bear meat in ‘out-of-control illegal trade’ Stop the Wildlife Trade exclusive: Bears, monkeys, wolves and birds of prey sold for hundreds of euros on popular Albanian websites, investigation finds

Illegal wildlife trade - Where to from here?

The COVID-19 pandemic has now infected nearly 3.9 million people and killed more than 270,000. B now we are starting to understand that this gamble to not act earlier is costing us dearly at the moment. Though poaching is increasing in Africa during this lockdown, at least for now the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted illegal wildlife trafficking in Southeast Asia. This will not, however, last for long unless other countries now demand stricter bans on the global trade of wild animals. Are we all ready to finally learn that we must take care of nature to take care of ourselves?

How wildlife trade is linked to coronavirus And why the disease first appeared in China. NOTE: As our expert Peter Li points out in the video, “The majority of the people in China do not eat wildlife a...

Dogs being boiled alive, bats served on sticks, kittens slaughtered, rats fried for human consumption.

No hygiene standards and animal cruelty beyond belief. Now, these despicable markets used by some Chinese people have finally brought the world to its knees.

Scientists have established that Covid-19 was linked to a notorious live animal market in Wuhan. The analysis shows the new coronavirus probably started in bats and was transferred to humans via the scaly anteater the pangolin.

The Chinese doctors who tried to spread the word about Covid-19 were shut down by the authorities, and early testing was stopped and samples destroyed.

This raises the question: What can we do to get them to stop this?

Let’s get angrier at China's cruel wet markets that caused coronavirus EVEN for a carnivore like me, the images are gruesome and disgusting enough to consider whether I’ll eat meat again. A smorgasbord of dogs being boiled alive, bats served on sticks like lollipops, …

Kenya's only female white giraffe and her calf have been killed by poachers. This rare animal can not be found elsewhere in the world.

Kenya's only female white giraffe and her calf are killed by poachers Kenya's only female white giraffe and her calf have been killed by poachers, conservationists said Tuesday, in a major blow for the rare animals found nowhere else in the world.

Revenge of the animals:

The news that a global health emergency can be traced back to consumption or handling of the pangolin, which is the most trafficked mammal on Earth, is a ray of hope for this species. It takes around 1,900 pangolins killed to produce one ton of scales. In 2018, 48 tons of scales were seized, the equivalent of 91,200 pangolins – and that is only the scales that can be detected.

Thankfully China reacted quickly to the news of the pangolin discovery: when on 10 February, they announced that it would update wildlife protection laws to “toughen the crackdown on wildlife trafficking”.
On the sad side is the fact that it takes a global health emergency for the world’s biggest consumer of illegally trafficked wildlife products to take action. The good news is that there may, finally, be hope for the pangolins.

Breaking News: Coronavirus source found in pangolin meat As the death toll climbs in the China pandemic, researchers reveal new origins for the coronavirus in Earth’s most threatened mammal.

Can you guess why up to 100,000 mongooses are killed in India every year?

I learned something new today. There is an illegal trade in India that is thriving that results in the death of thousands of mongooses across India every month. Recently law enforcement officials from the wildlife crime control bureau raided multiple factories and warehouses across six Indian states as part of “Operation Clean Art”.

Reasons for the raid?

Mongoose hair is apparently used in paintbrushes that are used by artists looking for finesse in their work. For every kilogram of mongoose hair that is used in brushes, about 50 animals need to be killed.

Art kills around 100,000 mongooses in India every year Fifty animals are killed for every kilogram of mongoose hair used in brushes.

if you're an animal lover, this will make your blood boil.

We have a local farm where wild animals are bred to be shot by hunters for as little as £200 for fun.
Big cat factory farming in South Africa is a booming industry and a truly disgusting trade that cruelly exploits wild animals from the time they are born. So, for instance, cubs are taken from their mothers when they’re just a few hours old so that older they can be shot for entertainment and their bones sold off to and shipped far East where they are used as fake medicines.

Look at some of the shocking images of this idiot in the link below. I cannot think of a more cowardly and disgusting act you could possibly do as a business.

Endangered animals killed for £200 at sick South African ‘canned hunting' farm HEARTBREAKING pictures have captured the reality inside a canned tiger farm where wild animals are bred to be shot by hunters for as little as £200. Imberba Rakia, based in the province of Limpopo,…

This is an example the world can follow:

“animals should be healthy, comfortable, well nourished, safe, able to express innate behaviour without pain, fear and distress. Animals cannot be treated as objects or property.”

Well done India.

Indian High Court Grants Animals Same Rights As Humans The Punjab and Haryana High Court in India has granted animals in the state of Haryana the status of “legal person or entity,” meaning they now have the

This is why United Airlines decided to cut ties with SeaWorld.

They confine orcas and dolphins to concrete tanks that, that to them, is the size of bathtubs. “SeaWorld is still breeding generation after generation of dolphins to be ridden around like surfboards in sea circus shows, and PETA urges anyone who cares about animals to stay away.”

Apparently, orcas can swim up to 140 miles in a day in the wild which will require them to swim 4,000 laps around its tank to reach its natural swimming needs; while dolphins up to 60 miles a day and dive nearly 1,500 feet underwater but at SeaWorld 140 of them are kept seven small tanks.

Good call from United Airlines.

United Airlines Just Cut All Ties With SeaWorld United Airlines has stopped selling tickets to SeaWorld due to animal cruelty concerns. The American airline removed any trace of SeaWorld from its website.

Good news spread quickly when poachers over the last few years hunt our rhinos. Certainly when get devoured by a pack of hungry lions.

Lions Eat Three Rhino Poachers Alive In South African Game Reserve The vast diversity of animals in the Sibuya Game reserve in South Africa attracts numerous poachers over the last few years, and as a result, a group of poachers who recently broke into the reserve to hunt rhinos has been devoured by a pack of hungry lions. South Africa is the home of 80% of […]