CONSERVATION NEWS
A Toast For Tusks - Auction Item Donations
Help Nsefu’s conservation efforts in Zambia by donating an auction item!
AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED!
Can you donate an item to be included in our "A Toast for Tusks" auction?
If so, please contact Connie of our event team at Connie@nsefu.org.
Chabwera Toilets are nearing completion
We’re making progress on our first set of toilets for Chabwera School.
The Nsefu.org Team has been working hard to provide adequate restroom facilities for the Chabwera School.
Check out the progress we’ve made so far, from the first holes being dug to the finishing work. We’ve event started gathering the supplies for the second set of toilets.
World Elephant Day
This is a day for us to say enough is enough, let’s put an end to poaching.
Mother and calf.
Today is World Elephant Day (August 12). This is a day for all of us who care about the future of these amazing animals to make a difference and put an end to poaching, hunting and habitat loss.
The goal of International Elephant Day is to create awareness of the urgent plight of African and Asian elephants, and to share knowledge and positive solutions for the better care and management of captive and wild elephants. African elephants are listed as "Vulnerable" and Asian elephants as "Endangered" on the IUCN Red List of threatened species. One conservationist has stated that both African and Asian elephants face extinction within twelve years. The current population estimates are about 400,000 for African elephants and 40,000 for Asian elephants.
Nsefu Wildlife Conservation Foundation (Nsefu.org) has working night and day in the fight to save Africa’s precious elephants. Join us in our fight, donate today.
Rangers head out on Patrol!
Nsefu.org Rangers are on the front lines, fighting poachers.
Recently, a six person Nsefu Wildlife (Nsefu.org) Ranger team (one women and five men), headed out on an anti-poaching patrol in an undisclosed location. We're keeping the location secret for security reasons.
Nsefu.org would like to thank you for supporting our conservation efforts in Africa.
Huge haul of 55 rhino horns worth £3.2m ($3.9m) is found in plaster blocks in Vietnam
A huge shipment of rhino horns has been confiscated by Vietnam's customs authority!
The £3.2million shipment of rhino horns (pictured) was confiscated by Vietnam's customs authority after they were concealed in plaster blocks on a plane.
By JAMES GANT / www.dailymail.co.uk
The pieces weighed 275lbs were seized at Hanoi's international airport Thursday
Images of the bust show large rhino horns and smaller pieces sitting on a table
The shipment was declared as non-taxable material to avoid any customs check
It was not immediately clear which African country the shipment originated from
A huge shipment of rhino horns has been confiscated by Vietnam's customs authority after they were concealed in plaster blocks on a plane.
The 55 pieces, which are worth up to £3.2million, weighed 125kg and were seized at Hanoi's international airport on Thursday.
Images of the bust show large rhino horns and smaller pieces sitting on a table as police used rods to break the casts apart.
A security source said: 'It took half a day to break them open.'