Critter News

MARCH 22, 2010

Zambia and Tanzania proposed re-opening the trade, but the UN said no.

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Zambia Tanzania Elephants Tagged 100

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JUNE 12, 2012

The League of Nations thereafter mandated this huge block of land to South Africa to administer and autonomy was only granted after the protracted Namibian War of Independence that was fought between the South African defense force and Namibian freedom fighters based in Angola, Zambia and other neighboring countries.

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Namibia Angola Lovebirds South Africa 248

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AUGUST 22, 2022

As the national bird of Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, the African Fish Eagle is usually very busy whenever it stays in these countries, giving speeches, opening shopping centers, etc. Letaba is a largish rest camp in the North central part of the park. It is near a river, attracting some birds that like to eat wet food.

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Zimbabwe Benin South Africa Gabon 147

Critter News

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Body said arrests and seizures were part of a five-country law enforcement operation co-ordinated by INTERPOL, and involved more than 300 law enforcement officers from police, customs, national wildlife and national intelligence agencies in Congo (Brazzaville), Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia, further saying this represented largest-ever international (..)

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Trafficking Africa Zambia Ghana 100

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

Prime destinations for seeing African Elephant in the wild include Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Uganda. Lions are most easily found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Leopards Elephants 199

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MAY 12, 2013

It is found in higher-elevation woodlands from northern Zambia and Malawi northwards through Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Somalia and into the Arabian peninsula. A pair of Pink-billed Teal – better known as Cape Teal by Markus Lilje/Rockjumper Birding Tours. Pink-breasted Dove.

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Africa Somalia Mozambique Pelicans 206

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

I once asked our guide at the South Luangwa national park [Zambia] if he was good with birds. It was so weird that it was funny, and Sharon and I want to write a bird murder mystery with him as a character.”. Marcel van Driel: “A good bird guide for me is someone who knows more birds than I do. ‘Try me’ was his reply.

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Greece Zambia Birds Abandon 202

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

However during a summer visit to the far northwest of Zambia on the DRC-Angola border, I filmed pipits with young that Richard Liversidge, just before his untimely passing, confirmed were Long-tailed. The second discovery was a cryptic species now known as Kimberley Pipit and its exact range and niche are still being debated.

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South Africa Lesotho Swaziland Africa 219

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Boehm’s Bee-eater Boehm’s Bee-eater by Adam Riley This is another of the more difficult bee-eaters, not because it is rare but rather that its range is restricted to less visited parts of the continent, notably southern Tanzania, Malawi and north-eastern Zambia.

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Africa Gabon Uganda South Africa 263

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MAY 8, 2012

The Shoebill’s center of distribution are the Sudd Swamps along the Nile in South Sudan, with smaller numbers occurring into southwestern Ethiopia, Uganda, western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo (DRC) with an isolated southern population in the Bengwuelu Swamps of north-eastern Zambia.

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Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 237

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JANUARY 31, 2019

There are only two countries in Africa that are not covered by regional or a country guide, only by the overweight pan-African one: the DR Congo and Zambia. So, Lynx Edicions, publish Zambia next, you cannot go wrong with it. No one is visiting the first and it will remain so for a while at least. Which is ridiculous.

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Thailand Zambia Asia Birds 186

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JULY 4, 2023

People and organizations in Nepal, Zambia, and South Africa have sought to change cultural attitudes, having the most success with school children. They are also threatened by cultural beliefs that lead to killing them because they’re seen as harbingers of death and bad luck. They are also hunted.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 207

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APRIL 15, 2015

We already had South Africa, Zambia and Uganda under our belts, but my clients’ request for the next year came right out of the blue: Ghana! I was in contact with a group of birders for whom I arranged and guided an annual tour to Africa. During each trip we would discuss a destination for the following year.

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Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 190

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OCTOBER 6, 2011

The last wild population of critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis or Waldrapp is almost entirely restricted to Morocco Once you’ve joined our ranks and are a confirmed Afrophile, the next level of trips to consider would be: Uganda – Africa’s overlap zone; 1,000 bird species in a tiny country and Mountain Gorillas (spending time with these gentle (..)

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Papua New Guinea Equatorial Guinea Madagascar Tanzania 216

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APRIL 10, 2012

White-chested Tinkerbird is one of Africa’s avian mysteries, known only from a single specimen collected in 1964 at Mayau in north-west Zambia, close to the borders of Angola and the DRC. Others, such as Yellow-fronted and Red-fronted extend into the savanna zone and are best located by staking out a fruiting tree.

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Ethiopia Tanzania Uganda Africa 228