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The Culling Debate: South Africa Has Not Yet Made the Scientific Case for Elephant Culling
South Africa is once again considering one of wildlife management’s most controversial practices:...
North West MEC snubs Parliament again as elephant ‘removal’ plan advances without oversight
The North West MEC stayed away, key reports remained hidden and MPs were given no costs or...
Kruger at 100 — the big questions about rhinos, elephants and park management
Kruger National Park’s centenary prompts an urgent call to balance rhino anti‑poaching, humane...
The problem with South Africa’s ‘problem animal’ guidelines
New draft guidelines promise a more orderly and humane response to animals that damage livestock...
Let’s talk ‘lethal control’ — Ezemvelo wants to cull 1,220 elephants
Original article on Daily Maverick. Despite a lack of scientific basis,...
Tree cover increasing in Kruger Park despite elephant pressure in some areas
New research finds that overall tree cover in the Kruger National Park is on the rise, although in...
Will SA’s new elephant strategy truly safeguard their future?
South Africa’s elephant strategy rightly celebrates heritage, culture and coexistence. But it’s...
Bureaucratic delays could lead to ‘last-resort’ culling of SA elephants, Parliament is warned
As South Africa wrestles with elephant management, delays and a lack of accountability could push...
A crisis in search of a policy: How KZN’s elephant ‘overpopulation’ is used to justify culling
KwaZulu-Natal’s elephant ‘overpopulation crisis’ is being presented as scientific inevitability....
Madikwe reserve and the normalisation of killing elephants
A willingness to kill elephants as a management tool in North West’s Madikwe Nature Reserve...
The value of South Africa’s wildlife shouldn’t be in the hands of wealthy foreign hunters
The value of South Africa’s wildlife shouldn’t be in the hands of wealthy foreign hunters...
Rhino trade set to be revived as new minister signals shift in wildlife policy
Rhino trade set to be revived as new minister signals shift in wildlife policy A new government...
Mpumalanga moves to shut down captive lion breeding
Mpumalanga moves to shut down captive lion breeding Just as many expected a retreat from wildlife...
Provincial backing to phase out captive lion industry tests hand of new environment minister
With surprising provincial unanimity, Parliament has advanced reforms to phase out South Africa’s...
Conservation by the bullet: SA’s hunting statistics and the industrial slaughter of wildlife
What these numbers document is not conservation under pressure, but extraction at scale. They...
New wildlife quotas reopen fault lines over hunting, science and governance
HUNTING New wildlife quotas reopen fault lines over hunting, science and governance A change of...
Ensuring animal wellbeing is not an extremist movement, as commercial-use proponents will have you believe
It’s time to set the record straight. Antagonistic narratives surrounding the commercial...
Botswana’s elephants are climate allies, not ‘surplus stock’ for trophies
As the dust settles on the latest UN climate summit in Belém, one thing is now unavoidable: the...