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Response to “Botswana’s hunting ban fallout” commentary by Hans Vermaak
Hans Vermaak’s lamentation of the demise of trophy hunting in Botswana (Farmer’s Weekly 22...
The Chinese ivory smugglers in Mozambique
The growth in the illegal trade in ivory and the involvement of Chinese citizens is a cause of...
The Botswana Summit – A Mad Dash to Save the African Elephant
Gaborone, Botswana – The first ever summit focusing exclusively on the escalating illicit trade of...
Elephant corridors blocked by poachers
Elephants need far greater ranges than any other land animals. But attempts to make space for them...
Microsoft philanthropist Paul Allen to fund Africa-wide elephant survey
How many elephants are there in Africa? We don't know for sure. But, in the way that murder is...
Microsoft se Paul Allen befonds olifanttelling regoor Afrika
Toe die wêreld hier nog jonk was en die horison wyd en oop, sing Johannes Kerkorrel in Halala...
Missing the point on elephants (letter)
In the piece recently published in The Ngami Times titled ‘A missed opportunity on elephants’ it’s...
‘Ivory poaching will hit us like avalanche’
South African National Parks (SANParks) has been warned that the scourge of ivory poaching...
’n Noodberaad teen ivoor se bloedspoor
Die oneindige slagting van olifante het nou te ver gegaan. ’n Noodberaad van al 11 Afrika se...
Hwange’s elephants in the crosshairs
Hwange is one of Africa's finest national parks where, at the right time of year, elephants...
Meeting to decide the future of Africa’s elephants
Against the backdrop of an ever-escalating attack on Africa's wildlife and the particularly...
The elephant emergency: Summit to be held in Botswana
The African elephant is the world’s biggest land mammal; walking the earth at a dignified pace,...
Fast Facts: The African Elephant Summit, 2 – 4 December 2013, Botswana
Several African Heads of State will be among delegates at a three-day African Elephant Summit in...
Crucial Summit Will Attempt to Halt Slaughter of Elephants
An emergency summit on the illegal ivory trade will take place in Botswana from December 2 in an...
Death in China, one dollar in Africa – the irony of ivory poaching penalties
In China the penalty for poaching an elephant is death. In Africa, it is considerably less. The...
Elephants are revered, yet we hack off their tusks
We have been incorporating elephants into our lives since humans first became…well…humans. The...
US to destroy its ivory stockpile
Five tonnes of illicit trinkets to go under the crusher, but legal muddles still allow US citizens...
Pirates and poaching in East Africa
A recent report on Transnational Organized Crime in East Africa confirms the shocking statistics...