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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...
A-Grade Ecotourism
Simply put, habitat destruction occurs when functioning natural habitats or ecosystems are...
Onthou die olifante
Regoor die wereld vier mense wat omgee op 12 Augustus die vader van die aarde se diere, die...
We could live in a world that has only the Big Three
The African elephant is facing its gravest crisis since the 1980s when between 600 000 and 800 000...
Elephants in the firing line
The current plight of Africa's rhino population, as disturbing as it is, pales in comparison to a...
Elephanticide
In 1989, after two decades in which the world’s elephant population was halved, the Convention on...
Remember the Elephants
On World Elephant Day we are reminded that poaching is a growing concern across much of Africa....
Cites – Ineptitude In An Ivory Tower
Today marks the beginning of a new struggle. A large section of South Africans are in grave and...
Dispelling Misconceptions
The trophy hunting industry’s dismissal of its opponents as ‘animal rightists’ is just one of...
Making a Killing
The roads to environmental infamy are not easy to follow. On a bumpy dirt track among rickety...
So Long, and thanks for taking all the fish
It may come as something of a shock to those of us who’ve visited the penguin colonies just...
The Wonder of Elephants
The world’s largest land animal – with a brain bigger than ours and similar family values – has...
Sable Shenanigans
In Zambia’s newest national park, on the outskirts of its capital Lusaka, live more than 200 sable...