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Are South Africa’s wild elephants heading for captivity?
Yes, say conservationists if proposals to change The Elephant Norms and Standards (ENS) law are...
SA conservationists welcome stricter sentencing of wildlife criminals
Conservationists across South Africa have commended the severe penalty meted out in Cape Town last...
Mpumalanga community calls for harsher sentences against public servants involved in rhino poaching
White River, Mpumalanga - Approximately 400 people, mainly from rural areas in the Mbombela...
More rhetoric from government won’t save rhino
In a Parliamentary debate on Tuesday on the rhino poaching crisis, government provided little hope...
Minister’s panel of experts all favour the selling of rhino horn
The Department of Environmental Affairs is clearly scratching around for the ‘good story’ in...
World Elephant Day 2014 VIDEO
This August - on World Elephant Day - the Conservation Action Trust hosted a Mock Ivory Burn in...
Minister Molewa refuses to disclose members of public panel
On Tuesday Minister Edna Molewa announced SA’s intention to implement an integrated management...
Cape Town Mock Ivory Burn in Images
In Cape Town, conservationists, sports stars and celebrities gathered in Blaauwberg Nature Reserve...
World Elephant Day Photo Competition Winners
In the build up to this day, Conservation Action Trust, Wilderness Safaris and Africa Geographic...
US Upholds Ban on Elephant Trophies from Rogue States
The US government has upheld its earlier ban on the importation of elephant trophies from Tanzania...
Officials on the horns of a dilemma
The conservation of wild animals is a wrangle that has divided opinion into two diametrically...
Elephant poachers penetrate South African borders again
A second elephant has been butchered for its tusks by poachers in Parfuri, northern Kruger...
Rhino Trade Panel: Window dressing by the DEA
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has finally issued an invitation to stakeholders to...
Desert elephant controversy reignited after hunter trampled
The trampling of a Namibian trophy hunter by an elephant has reignited the heated debate around...
Call for trade embargo against Mozambique for failure to address poaching issues
Two international environmental organisations have called on the US government to implement trade...
Are rhinos now a liability to South Africa?
I have recently read the May/June South African Journal of Science report on a Kruger National...
More desert elephants to be shot
Namibia: Concerns have been heightened by the Namibian Ministy of Environment and Tourism’s (MET)...
Regardless of resistance, SA will still trade horns
The South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has been having a difficult time of...