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Elephants and mango crops saved in difficult rescue near Kruger
Cape Town - Three bull elephants were saved from being shot and further damage to mango orchards...
Australia and New Zealand – Letting Elephant and Rhino Down
With a lack of appropriate enforcement tools at the border and unregulated domestic markets, if...
R100m North West game donation illegal as Agriculture MEC told to pay repatriation costs
Cape Town - Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs has slammed the donation by...
Captive elephant industry fails to ride wave of change
126 captive elephants in 26 facilities. All used for human entertainment of which 14 facilities...
Namibia’s desert elephants back on the butcher’s block
Three of Namibia's iconic desert elephants have become moving targets after the Ministry of...
Eco-scamming: Making a killing on kindness
While many good people and fine organisations raise public funds to support conservation,...
Pressure mounting to ban wild animal interactions in SA
The walls are closing in on animal interaction operators in South Africa as international tourism...
First Legal Rhino Horn auction scheduled in South Africa
With the Department of Environmental Affairs stalling the first legal rhino horn auction actually...
The Morality of Octopus Hunting in False Bay
Are we taking an environmental risk for Japanese sushi? This is a story about a filmmaker, a...
Lion trophy hunting: The death of Xanda in Zimbabwe
The death of Cecil’s son, Xanda at the hands of trophy hunters on 7 July is mired in confusion. He...
Molewa outlines plans to sell rhino horn and wildlife
OPINION: Rhino - a commodity for sale? South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs is...
Op-Ed: Time to rethink leopard hunting norms?
“Our primary mandate is to protect these animals (leopards) so that we don’t open them up to a...
Big cats worldwide threatened by SA lion bone trade
Cape Town - Asian demand for tiger wine and other products is creating a crisis for big cats...
Op-Ed: Where are the rhino poaching stats?
Rhino poaching might be on the decrease, elephant poaching is on the rise, but without up to date...
Op-Ed: Molewa’s lion bone quota sends the wrong conservation message
The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, has permitted an annual sale of 800 skeletons...
Don’t get us wrong about rhinos says Environmental Affairs
Author: Don Pinnock The DEA is concerned that we’re getting it wrong about the legalization...
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife in turmoil after political interference
Durban - How did a 27 year-old ANC Youth League official and an army sports instructor - both...
SA ignores outcry and gives go ahead to sell 800 lion skeletons to Asia
Cape Town - The South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has blatantly ignored...