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Why we should burn the ivory
Demand reduction campaigns can reduce prices, resulting in a decrease in elephant poaching Between...
How frightful failures and feuding set up KZN elephant herd for destruction
Questions have been raised over why nine elephants including a pregnant cow and calves, were shot...
What the welfare? When industry interest trumps wellbeing
A disturbing challenge has been launched by trophy hunters in the Constitutional Court objecting...
Namibia: Why Is Namibia Going to Kill its Endangered Desert Elephants?
Namibia intends to "cull" 21 elephants in the dry north-west of the country where a small...
Botswana: Sharp Spike in Elephant Poaching – ‘Someone is Dropping the Ball Here’
There has been a dramatic increase in elephant poaching in northern Botswana, with little official...
Killing of five elephants, said to be ‘super-tuskers’ from Kenya’s Amboseli, sparks major row
Given how few big tuskers are left in the world (some estimates suggest fewer than 50), the...
The myth of “Too Many Elephants”
If you’ve had a conversation with anyone recently returned from the Kruger National Park (KNP),...
South Africa’s contradictory plan to open rhino horn trade will encourage poaching
Legalising trade will remove the stigma that rhino horn is illegal and could entice many more...
Botswana: Masisi’s Threat to Send 30,000 Elephants At Odds With Trophy Hunting Threat to Elephants, and People
Botswana has threatened to send 10,000 elephants to the UK and another 20,000 to Germany as UK and...
The Billion Dollar Ivory Illusion
Southern African nations are at it again. Nyasha Chingono reported in late May that those “hosting...
A disturbing journey into the human psyche and trophy hunting
Photographer and artist Roger Ballen’s latest exhibition The End of the Game is an immensely...
Elephant poaching in Africa is on the decline — but there’s no room for complacency
The wave of elephant poaching over the past two decades appears to have substantially subsided...
Biodiversity Bill – a high-water mark for the environment and Minister Barbara Creecy
If Barbara Creecy loses her position as the minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment...
BirdLife and Sanccob take government to court over penguin feeding grounds
In the first case of its kind, NGOs are taking legal action against the government for failing to...
In South Africa, Tigers and Other Captive Predators Are Still Exploited for Profit. Legislation Offers Pitiful Protection
The captive predator industry threatens the welfare of thousands of big cats kept for...
The numbers don’t support Botswana’s threat to send 30,000 elephants to Europe
Botswana and Zimbabwe have long claimed that their elephant populations are exploding, making...
New National Biodiversity Economy Strategy is a curate’s egg — only good in parts
Will government’s new strategy really benefit people and nature, or simply lead to massive...
Government to slam the brakes on captive lion breeding
The environment ministry this week tabled a roadmap to end the captive lion breeding industry, but...