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Economic benefits of trophy hunting are dubious — a colonial sport for the privileged few
Trophy hunting is officially touted as an integral part of South Africa’s policy of sustainable...
South Africa cited in global report that seeks to end captive tiger breeding
Leading environmental organisations, including the WWF, Environmental Investigation Agency,...
Kruger’s rhinos continue to face unrelenting threats and catastrophic population declines
Rhinos are not the only wildlife threatened by poaching: elephant poaching in the Kruger National...
Blurred boundaries – can trophy hunting and tourism coexist in the Greater Kruger?
On September 3, an incident within the Greater Kruger reignited the debate around the...
How to steal a game reserve: poach animals, sell plots and threaten those in your way
It was a land claim that could have become a Big Five game reserve in KZN. But greed, incompetence...
Balule trophy hunt — how not to shoot an elephant
This is a story about an apparently illegal kill licence, a botched trophy hunt, the gratuitous...
Trophy Hunting Propaganda Is One More Form of Greenwashing
As the United Kingdom proposes to ban trophy imports, hunting proponents ramp up their...
Poorly supervised captive carnivores in South Africa are killing people
Carnivores are programmed to stalk and attack creatures and eat their flesh. They don’t change...
The camouflage of hunting for sport
Organisations opposed a UK bill seeking to bar trophy imports are shooting into the dark,...
Report raises alarm over state of provincial nature reserves
Protected areas critical to the country’s biodiversity and conservation efforts are being badly...
‘Shift in conservation thinking’: A new biodiversity White Paper could make SA a world leader if it becomes law
Campaign Against Canned Hunting activists march in Johannesburg against canned lion hunting...
Horses dropping dead as government fumbles vaccine production at crumbling Onderstepoort Biological Products
With Onderstepoort Biological Products unable to supply vaccines, horses are dying of...
Letting the cat out of the can on captive lion breeding and hunting
The latest moves by Environment Minister Barbara Creecy may signal the beginning of the end of...
State caves in to game farmers and hunters over key wildlife protection
Vital legislation for the protection of wildlife has been stopped in its tracks by a mysterious...
Kruger Park ensnared in corruption linked to criminal syndicates – report
Widespread corruption at Kruger National Park linked to criminal syndicates in Mpumalanga and the...
Horrific cruelty – legal trade and lack of protection are decimating South Africa’s primates
South Africa’s oversight failure in the export of primates and body parts is leaving them to a...
Pioneering conflict-avoidance study asks elephants what works for them
Elephants created Africa’s first highways and still remember them. It’s when we block them that...
Running for their lives – last-minute bid to stop cheetah export to India
Twelve formerly wild cheetahs, which have been in holding pens for over seven months, are...