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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...
Op-Ed: Tough choices ahead for Kruger National Park
What is the purpose of national parks in modern South Africa and where will the money come from to...
More elephants poisoned in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park
More than 14 elephants, including a mother and her young calf, have been poisoned in and around...
World outrage at planned export of baby elephants from Namibia
Permission granted by the Namibian government to a game farm owned by a Swedish national to...
Bushmeat hunting threatens tourism in Botswana’s Okavango Delta
The threat posed by illegal bushmeat hunting to the Okavango Delta‘s tourism industry in...
Alarm over ‘new gag’ on elephant poaching stats
First there was a clampdown on rhino poaching statistics. Now the same is happening with...
Namibia flouts elephant export laws
Namibia’s environmental authorities confirm that they have issued the necessary CITES (Convention...
How SA can lose the second rhino war
As South Africa continues to lose rhinos in the poaching war, it seems that the government is...