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China: Lost Wild Leopard Cat Raised by Domestic Cat in Sichuan

On November 24, 2025, in Liangshan, Sichuan Province, a touching wildlife encounter was captured on video. A tiny wild leopard cat cub, separated from its family, wandered into a farmer’s home and began nursing alongside domestic kittens. As the cub grew rapidly, the mother cat struggled to feed her oversized “baby.” Local forestry officials were later contacted to rescue and care for the leopard cat. Chinese viewers called it “the most adorable case of mistaken motherhood.”

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African officials gather in Nairobi to combat illegal arms trade

STORY: African officials gather in Nairobi to combat illegal arms trade SHOOTING TIME: March 5, 2024 DATELINE: March 7, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the forum in Nairobi STORYLINE: Sub-Saharan African countries are committed to halting the flow of small and light weapons due to the threat they pose to peace, stability and long-term growth, officials said Monday at a forum in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. The officials attending a two-day regional preparatory meeting decried the movement of these weapons across borders, fueling terrorism, armed insurgencies and wildlife crimes. Raymond Omollo, principal secretary for the State Department of Internal Security and National Administration of Kenya, said that the proliferation and misuse of small and light weapons pose an existential threat to Africa's peace, cohesion and stability. "Small and light weapons continue to wreak havoc in communities, fuel conflicts, undermine peace and stability, and hind

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Kenya receives cruise ship with 2,500 tourists as sector revival gathers steam

STORY: Kenya receives cruise ship with 2,500 tourists as sector revival gathers steam SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 3, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:35 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the cruise ship 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ALFRED MUTUA, Kenya's cabinet secretary for tourism and wildlife 3. various of tourists STORYLINE: A luxury cruise ship carrying 2,500 foreign tourists including 200 Chinese docked at Kenya's port city of Mombasa on Saturday as senior officials reiterated the sector's revival was on course after pandemic-related hiatus. Alfred Mutua, the cabinet secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, was among officials who received the cruise ship, MSC Poesia, whose 1,000 crew members included 20 from Kenya. SOUNDBITE (English): ALFRED MUTUA, Kenya's cabinet secretary for tourism and wildlife "As a country, we are very pleased because today we have 3,500 people who are on this ship, who are visiting our country Kenya. Last year, we received about 3,123 people who came

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Indonesia In Pictures

Officers showed evidence of the crime of trade in protected wildlife, in the form of two baby Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) carcasses in a cold box at the Rapid Reaction Forest Police Unit in Deliserdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia on June 03, 2008. Local Natural Resources Conservation Agency officials explained that two suspected perpetrators of illegal trade, namely DH (34) and S (42) admitted that they would sell two Sumatran tigers to a collector and also a businessman in Medan for 15 million rupiah. Meanwhile, the evidence came from their colleagues in the North Aceh region, Aceh, Indonesia. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia In Pictures

Officers showed evidence of the crime of trade in protected wildlife, in the form of two baby Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) carcasses in a cold box at the Rapid Reaction Forest Police Unit in Deliserdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia on June 03, 2008. Local Natural Resources Conservation Agency officials explained that two suspected perpetrators of illegal trade, namely DH (34) and S (42) admitted that they would sell two Sumatran tigers to a collector and also a businessman in Medan for 15 million rupiah. Meanwhile, the evidence came from their colleagues in the North Aceh region, Aceh, Indonesia. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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California battles to save sea mammal victims of red tide

STORY: California battles to save sea mammal victims of red tide DATELINE: July 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: SAN PEDRO, U.S. CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of sea lions STORYLINE: Vacationers visiting beaches of U.S. state of California this July Fourth weekend are likely to encounter an alarming sight: sick sea lions recovering on the sand. Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) called it a large-scale stranding event. Scientists suspected that it was caused by red tide, another name for an excessive bloom of certain phytoplankton -- tiny sea veggies that most fish and sea mammals feed on. They noted that with global warming heating up California's waters, red tide has become a reoccurring problem off the coast, posing health concerns for much marine life, including sea lions, seals, otters, dolphins, and even whales. The sick and dead wildlife started showing up in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties several weeks ago, and the numbers have since incr

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Kenya officials laud China's efforts during World Wildlife Day celebrations

STORY: Kenya officials laud China's efforts during World Wildlife Day celebrations DATELINE: March 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the celebrations 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALFRED MUTUA, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PENINAH MALONZA, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife of Kenya STORYLINE: Kenya's government officials lauded China for its efforts in wildlife conservation and protection on the occasion of World Wildlife Day celebrations held in Amboseli National Park in Kenya on Friday. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALFRED MUTUA, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya "We are very grateful. Especially we have got our friends from countries like China, who are supporting some of these initiatives, because they go a long way in conserving the animals for the future generations." SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PENINAH MALONZA, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife of Ke

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Kenya to tap sports tourism to boost international visitor arrivals

STORY: Kenya to tap sports tourism to boost international visitor arrivals DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:15 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of ice hockey in session 2. various of tourism officials 3. various of the games 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PENINAH MALONZA, Cabinet secretary for Kenya's Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage 5. various of ice hockey in session 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PENINAH MALONZA, Cabinet secretary for Kenya's Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage 7. various of fans STORYLINE: Kenya on Wednesday announced that it will tap sports tourism to boost foreign visitor arrivals. Peninah Malonza, cabinet secretary for the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage, told journalists in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi that sports tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in tourism thanks to the increased number of sporting events being held in the eastern African country. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PENINAH MALONZA, Cabinet secretary for Kenya's Mini

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CAMBODIA-MONDULKIRI-ZERO-SNARING CAMPAIGN

(220730) -- MONDULKIRI, July 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Neth Pheaktra (1st R), secretary of state and spokesman for Cambodia's Ministry of Environment, visits a wildlife exhibition during the Zero-Snaring Campaign event in Mondulkiri province, Cambodia on July 29, 2022. Officials and conservationists said here on Friday that snares have been posing a great menace to wildlife survival in Cambodia, urging greater participation from local people to eradicate snaring and poaching in protected areas. (Cambodia's Ministry of Environment/Handout via Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KRATIE-ZERO-SNARING CAMPAIGN

(220618) -- KRATIE, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Homemade rifles seized from poachers are exhibited during the Zero-Snaring campaign in Kratie province, Cambodia, on June 18, 2022. Cambodia's government officials and conservationists said here on Saturday that the participation by local people and strict law enforcement are essential to ending the snaring crisis and wildlife trafficking in the Southeast Asian country. (MoE/Handout via Xinhua)

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Sri Lanka mourns death of famous Indian tusker

STORY: Sri Lanka mourns death of famous Indian tusker DATELINE: March 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: COLOMBO CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people mourning the death of the ceremonial tusker "Nadungamuwa Raja" in Gampaha, Sri Lanka 2. file footage of Nadungamuwa Raja STORYLINE: Sri Lankan citizens on Monday mourned the death of the famous Indian tusker "Nadungamuwa Raja," which died in the early hours of the day following a brief illness. The elephant was in its sixties at the time of its death. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructed officials to name the deceased tusker as a national treasure and preserve its body for future generations. Wildlife officials said the animal, towering 10.5 feet in height, was a celebrated pachyderm and the tallest tamed tusker in the country. The elephant also had its own armed guards and had for years participated in the Buddhist religious parade known as the Esala Perahera in Kandy. Elephants, as sacred animals in Sri Lanka, o

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Cambodia launches "zero-snaring" campaign to protect animals

STORY: Cambodia launches "zero-snaring" campaign to protect animals DATELINE: March 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:36 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference on the "zero-snaring" campaign 2. various of Neth Pheaktra speaking at the press conference 3. various of photos showing snares and trapped wild animals 4. various of snared wild pig STORYLINE: Cambodia's Ministry of Environment and partner groups on Thursday launched a "zero-snaring" campaign in protected areas to protect animals from being trapped and killed, officials said. The ministry's secretary of state and spokesman Neth Pheaktra said the six-month campaign will be conducted in protected areas in provinces situated in the eastern side of the Mekong River, including Kratie, Stung Treng, Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri, Preah Vihear and Kampong Thom provinces. The partner organizations in the campaign included the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Birdlife International, and Conservat

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CAMBODIA-ZERO-SNARING CAMPAIGN-LAUNCH

(220303) -- PHNOM PENH, March 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo shows a snared banteng at the Monk's Community Forestry in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia. Cambodia's Ministry of Environment and partner groups on Thursday launched a "zero-snaring" campaign in protected areas to protect animals from being trapped and killed, officials said. (World Wildlife Fund/Handout via Xinhua)

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Kenyan government burns more than 100 tons of ivory

Officials at the Kenya Wildlife Service set fire to some 105 tons of elephant tusk ivory, mainly confiscated from poachers, at Nairobi National Park near Nairobi on April 30, 2016. It was believed to be the largest stockpile ever destroyed, with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta personally setting alight some of the tusks, as the government made a strong statement against the illegal ivory trade. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo