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Trophy hunting fuels Asian lion bone trade
New research suggests things are getting worse for South Africa’s declining wild lion population...
Zimbabwe says Cecil the Lion hunt was definitely illegal
Parks Authority believes that the use of a bow and an arrow “was meant to conceal the illegal hunt...
Illegal kill of Cecil the lion sparks worldwide call for trophy hunting ban
Cape Town - The face of Cecil the lion was projected on the Empire State building over the weekend...
Double controversy hits Southern Africa’s trophy hunting industry
In the past week Southern Africa’s lucrative trophy hunting industry received two devastating...
Professional hunters to reconsider lion hunting policy
In an unprecedented move, the Professional Hunters' Association of South Africa (PHASA) has been...
Emergency declared as elephant poached
Johannesburg - An emergency was declared as the first elephant was poached on the western border...
SA doccie reveals the shocking truth behind lion breeding
Durban - Blood Lions, a new documentary film delivers a damning verdict on the rapidly growing...
Unsavoury practices in canned hunting industry prompt government concern
Government appears intent on reforming and sanitising the business of breeding and hunting lions....
Rhino horn trade central to draft government policy
A legal trade in rhino horns lies at the heart of a proposed new government policy for the...
Sport hunters kill Zim’s best known lion
Wildlife enthusiasts say Cecil, possibly Hwanges’s largest lion, was a favourite among visitors to...
Congolese ivory kingpin wriggles out of yet another arrest
The video is shaky having been secretly captured. But the image of the table full of polished...
Female elephant killed at Mabalingwe in botched hunt for bull elephant
A hunter recently shot and killed a female elephant whilst trying hunt a bull elephant at...
EU Bans Importation Of Lion Trophies As The World Bank Funds Sport Hunting In Mozambique In An Effort To Stop Poaching
The World Bank has allocated $700,000 bolster trophy hunting of elephants and lions in Mozambique...
60% Collapse of Tanzanias Elephants Justifies US Ban on Trophy Imports
The recent announcement that Tanzania had lost 60% of its elephants in just five years as well as...
Will Synthetic Horn Save Or Destroy Wild Rhino Populations?
US based bio-engineering firm, Pembient, is one of three companies that plans to flood Chinese and...
Cango Caves faces imminent closure
The Cango Caves are caught in the crossfire of political upheaval and corruption, a lack of sound...
Protecting South Africa’s biodiversity
Environmental destruction across the world is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, which...
Congo: Sniffing out wildlife crime – and the corruption at its core
One after the other the carcasses were extracted from the crammed vehicle. Burnt, shrunken-back...