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Botswana shoots itself in the foot
After Barack Obama came Donald Trump, a bigoted populist prone to crass outpourings and some...
The elephants in the room – the myths informing Botswana’s hunting policy
Botswana has lifted its ban on hunting based on five myths about that country’s elephant...
Botswana brings back trophy hunting
Botswana has now committed to a policy built on myths, while the rest of the world takes stock of...
Botswana’s elephants: myths vs facts
Botswana president, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, recently hosted a summit in Kasane for five southern...
Kruger poachers get power rifles.
A gun manufacturer in the Czech Republic is implicated in flooding Africa with thousands of...
Botswana lifts ban on elephant hunting
Lifting of ban attributed to ‘political play’. The Botswanan government announced yesterday that...
Elephants reduced to a political football as Botswana brings back hunting
Splashing in the Zambezi River at Botswana’s Chobe National Park. Shutterstock Ross Harvey,...
More confusion over the fate of Botswana’s elephants
Elephant poaching, Mozambique President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana categorically denies that...
Shock report about life on Earth: We’re in deep trouble
The United Nations Special Report on Global Warming in 2018 sounded a sharp warning few could...
Animal cruelty charges laid against lion farmer
Photo credit: Conservation Action Trust The NSPCA has laid criminal charges against Jan Steinman,...
Trophy Hunting, Part Two: End of the game
Lions seen at Willie Jacobs’ farm, Ukutula Lodge, on 31 July 2015 in Brits, South Africa. Jacobs’...
Trophy Hunting, Part One: The nasty colonial sport of shooting wild animals
A male white lion, part of a rare white lion pack, in the wild in South Africa. (PHOTO:...
Joburg Zoo To Get Second Elephant In Spite Of Public Outcry
Photo: Francis Garrard The Joburg Zoo continues to make unilateral decisions regarding Lammie the...
Tall order to save the giraffe
WILL giraffes survive humanity? They are as iconic as lions, rhinos and elephants and their...
Canned lion hunting campaign muzzled at World Travel Market
The Blood Lions presentation by Campaign Director, Nicola Gerrard, at WTM Africa in Cape Town last...
Young elephant shot 13 times: Tourists watched in horror
Balule Associated Nature Reserve has justified the killing of a young elephant bull in front of...
Kleinmond ‘Safari Park’ Elephant Plans Approved Despite Objections & Environmental Risks
A new safari park near the small town of Kleinmond in the Western Cape may hold economic gains for...
US poll says ‘No’ to Botswana plans to hunt and cull elephants
As tourism is a mainstay of Botswana’s economy, lifting the hunting ban could, the poll suggests,...