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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...
Rescued elephant calf thriving in new herd
AN orphaned baby elephant has been fully accepted into a semi-wild elephant herd at Camp Jabulani...
Hwange lion killings ‘undermine conservation efforts’
Cape Town - Two endangered lionesses have been killed after being lured out of Hwange National...
Mpumalanga tightens up on trophy elephant hunts
Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) has confirmed that it will not issue permits to hunt...
Poaching and budget crises spur dehorning move in Africa’s “rhino conservation cradle”
Cape Town - It would have been unthinkable just a few years ago that rhinos would be dehorned...
Botswana Budget Cuts Imperil Anti-Poaching
Botswana's world acclaimed anti-poaching success story is being threatened by budget cuts that...
Last of the big tuskers in danger (South Africa)
VERY few tourists will have the privilege of seeing a real tusker in Africa’s game reserves today....
Dear Simon Espley: Let’s talk elephants and fake reporting
Photo: Elephants in Timbavati Game Reserve, 2 Jan 2013. Photo by Maureen Barlin via Flickr In...
New trade ruling spells end for rhinos say conservationists
With the Sumatran rhino officially extinct in the wild, are South Africa’s rhino doomed to the...
SA animal welfare groups devastated after 15-year Lotto lifeline cut off
Cape Town - Animal welfare organisations are reeling from an unexpected announcement that they...
Leopards in the crossfire: Trophy hunting and the 7 year rule
Cape Town - If cats do have nine lives, leopards are on their last. Especially the big, strong...
More questions than answers as Kruger park continues shooting buffalo
Confused explanations at a public meeting in Skukuza on Saturday are concerning stakeholders as...