The Animal Reader

Elephants in Kenia, photo: Wilmy van Ulft on Unsplash

African elephants heading for extinction: Stop destroying their habitat

The Animal Reader - March 25, 2021

Dead elephants are seen in Okavango Delta. photo: Reuters

Elephant deaths rise to 39 in Botswana, ongoing investigation

The Animal Reader - March 24, 2021

Lions at nature park, photo: Leonard von Bibra on Unsplash

Four people arrested for poisoning six lions in Uganda

The Animal Reader - March 24, 2021

Lions, photo: Ilona Froehlich on Unsplash

Six lions found dead and mutilated in Uganda, probably poisoned

The Animal Reader - March 20, 2021

Bird in tree, photo: Nicolas DC on Unsplash

EU court rules that using glue to trap songbirds causes harm

The Animal Reader - March 18, 2021

Elephants in Namibia, photo: Bernd Dittrich on Unsplash

Human-wildlife conflicts rise in Namibia, minister blames animals

The Animal Reader - March 10, 2021

Elephants in Kimana Sanctuary, part of a crucial wildlife corridor that links the Amboseli National Park to the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas

Elephants are losing their living space to avocado farms in Kenya

The Animal Reader - March 4, 2021

An adult male platypus named Millsom, Australia, photo: Reuters/Mick Tsikas

Australia to build world’s first platypus sanctuary

The Animal Reader - March 3, 2021

Flamingos, photo: Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash

Flamingos are dying from illegal lead bullets in Greece

The Animal Reader - February 25, 2021

A tiger is exhibited at a hunting exhibition

South Africa ‘most popular destination’ to shoot and kill animals

The Animal Reader - February 12, 2021

An Iberian wolf in the wild looks at the camera

An Iberian wolf-hunting ban is causing tension in Spain

The Animal Reader - February 12, 2021

Cows at Hong Kong's Grass island, credit: 西貢牛

Wild cows on Hong Kong’s Grass Island are starving

The Animal Reader - February 10, 2021

Fruit scarcity is causing elephants to go hungry in Gabon

The Animal Reader - February 9, 2021

Farmers can’t use guns to scare brown bears, French court rules

The Animal Reader - February 9, 2021

Bolivia investigates possible poisoning of 35 Andean condors

The Animal Reader - February 8, 2021

Rescued wild pangolin in Qingdao ready for release, 2017, photo: Reuters

China adds more than 500 animals to protection list

The Animal Reader - February 6, 2021

Pelicans, photo: Elliot Garcia, Jr. on Unsplash

Bird flu kills more than 250 pelicans in nature park in...

The Animal Reader - February 1, 2021

A dead elephant in Okavango Delta, Botswana, source: Reuters

Elephants are mysteriously dying again in Botswana

The Animal Reader - January 29, 2021

Senegal closes huge bird park after 750 pelicans die

The Animal Reader - January 27, 2021

A rescued pangolin bought off a wildlife seller rests at the Green Finger Garden in Lagos, Nigeria, photo: Reuters/Seun Sanni

Nigeria seizes pangolin scales, elephant tusks and lion bones