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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...
An elephant’s value beyond the hunt for cash is loaded with tricky trade-offs for conservationists
For a professional hunter, an elephant’s value is what he can ask a client who wants to shoot it....
Grisly report on captive lions shocks Parliament
Parliamentarians were horrified by the cruelty NSPCA inspectors have to witness on lion breeding...
Grisly report on captive lions shocks Parliament
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick - 18.01.2023 Parliamentarians were horrified by the cruelty NSPCA...
Kruger National Park’s rhinos are headed for extinction, we must declare emergency
Kruger National Park, the world’s greatest refuge for rhinos, is losing them to poaching faster...
Political parties agree — captive lion breeding must end
Parliament’s environment committee has accused the departments of environment and agriculture of...
Endangered wild animals traded by commercial Asian zoos
The protection of critically endangered wild animals is being undermined as Asian zoos force them...
Deadly avian flu hits endangered penguin colony on Cape Peninsula
The avian flu outbreak that killed thousands of cormorants on the Cape West Coast and devastated...
Claws out — catfight looms on lion breeder exit strategy
Lion breeders began sharpening their claws and preparing to pounce when the Department of...
End trophy hunting in South Africa, or we won’t visit your country, say tourists
Trophy hunters run loud, expensive campaigns to convince the public they kill for conservation and...
Hidden government report exposes security gaps amid surging KZN rhino bloodbath
As the slaughter rate of KwaZulu-Natal’s rhinos soars to record levels, a buried government report...
Botswana’s wildlife management fails communities — report
Investigation shows that trophy hunting in Botswana continues to impoverish local communities,...
The myth of too many elephants in Kruger Park, and why culling is redundant
Because of their size and visible effects on vegetation, Kruger Park’s elephants are a highly...
SA in ground-breaking rethink on protection of biodiversity
As the world’s biodiversity slips ever deeper into crisis, a ground-breaking South African White...