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South Africa opens the door to the sale of wildlife parts
Photo by Don Pinnock. There’s a thin line between the marketing of, and the genuine conservation...
Permission to drink a lion
There is something extremely bizarre about drinking a lion. But maybe in this world of post-truth...
Marine experts say decision could wipe out SA’s fish stocks
SA’s top marine scientists are shocked by the Environmental Department’s (DEA) recent decision to...
Lion bones: SA public has no time to contest sale
South Africa is about to permit the export of lion bones to produce fake tiger wine but has given...
SA’s plan to export 800 lion skeletons ‘misguided and shameful’
Cape Town - In a move clearly supporting the canned lion hunting industry, the South African...
Beyond the China ivory ban
The recent announcement by the central government of China to ban all domestic ivory trade...
Constitutional Court Breakthrough for Animal Welfare
A new Concourt ruling recognises the intrinsic value of animals and allows NSPCA to...
573 dead jackals in search of a reason
Main photo: Jackal cull in Karoo 2012. It may be a story of extreme cruelty in the name of...
Governments are not doing enough to stop wildlife crime
A scathing new report shows that key countries affected by wildlife crime have failed to halt...
Namibians challenge Chinese over wildlife crime
Outrage at the looting of Africa’s wildlife and environmental destruction by Chinese nationals...
North West Province ducks R100m game donation questions
Parliament is struggling to get answers out of the North West province’s Department of Rural,...
Trophy Hunting: unethical Namibian hunters to blame for poor image
Hunters who engage in unethical and illegal practices are largely to blame for the decline in the...
Botswana bans elephant-back rides
According to the NGO World Animal Protection, most tourists go on elephant rides because they love...
Elephant Dawn: The high cost of hanging out with elephants
How could you tell males from females? Were the elephants left-tusked or right-tusked? Who were...
South African arrested in Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park on poaching charge
A South African, Pieter Jansen van Rensberg, has been arrested on a charge of poaching inside the...
Brian Boswell Circus fights laws that protect elephants
Circus owner, Brian Boswell, is challenging the legality of elephant protection laws after his...
Elephant ambassador ‘Charlie’ felled by poachers’ gun
Tracking collars and sophisticated telemetry are a good way to see where wild elephants roam. They...
Brutal methods for dealing with troublesome wildlife
Draft legislation proposes cruel and unethical methods for dealing with problem wild animals,...