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Africa: The Last Great Bulls – Inside Botswana’s Silent Struggle Over Its Elephants
Cape Town — When Dr Mike Chase banks the small survey plane over northern Botswana’s mopane...
Unsustainable elephant hunting is a growing economic risk for Botswana, says report
When poaching amplifies the effect of higher hunting quotas, it is bad news for the future of...
Vested interests triumph in Dion George’s sacking.
The sacking of environment minister Dion George has been framed in these pages as a story of...
Elephants vs big trees: new study maps out South Africa’s conservation dilemma
A protected area alongside the Kruger National Park is experiencing high elephant densities and...
The sacking of Dion George — how a progressive minister is being taken down by the wildlife breeders
The move to oust the environment minister exposes a deeper hijacking – of the National Elephant...
Moral panic or measured response? The politics behind South Africa’s elephant ‘crisis’
Behind claims of escalating human-elephant conflict lies a tangle of weak data, mismanagement and...
Is South Africa breaking ranks on the ivory trade in lead-up to CITES CoP20?
A quiet but highly significant policy rift is opening among southern African states as the world...
North West Parks shows Parliament the finger over MPs’ concern for Madikwe elephants
North West Parks seems hell-bent on hunting and culling elephants and seems prepared to thumb its...
Elephants and humans at risk — deaths, disinformation and a search for solutions
As delegates at a two-day indaba reached for solutions to human-elephant conflict, there were many...
Madikwe crisis — NSPCA and DA accuse North West Parks of trying to raise revenue on elephant misery
A slow-burning tragedy is unfolding at Madikwe Game Reserve in North West and the grind of...
Purported value of trophy hunting for South Africa is overblown
A robust, peer-reviewed paper poses a problem for hunting apologists, since it shows that the...
New live animal export welfare rules — will they stop the suffering? Critics say it’s just ‘window dressing’
The controversial debate on whether the live export trade can ever be humane – or should be banned...
Communities near Kruger Park reject trophy hunting, embrace ethical alternatives — study
The findings debunk the narrative that rural communities depend on trophy hunting to survive and...
Predator breeding in South Africa — time for a reality check
Large-scale breeding of predators with attendant welfare abuses continues unabated in South...
Agriculture Minister Steenhuisen’s no-show — MPs furious as wildlife reform stalls again
Parliament’s patience snapped this week as Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen failed to show up...
Environment Minister Dion George delivers a refreshing message — but can he walk the talk?
Reporting on his first year in office, Dion George was clear, firm, and unapologetic. Whether his...
Legal battle erupts over control and conduct of NSPCA
Two local SPCA societies are taking the national body to court with a list of serious allegations....
North West officials evade responsibility for Madikwe elephant crisis, say MPs
More than 1,000 starving elephants may have to be culled. Parliamentarians demand answers by...