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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...
African countries nix Zimbabwe’s efforts to sell live elephants and its ivory stockpiles
Zimbabwe has failed to drum up Africa-wide support to sell live elephants and ivory. Here are some...
International elephant corridor put at risk by killing of Botswana’s largest tuskers
While hunters celebrate and conservationists mourn the killing of two of Botswana’s largest-tusked...
Two dead elephants raise questions on relocation from Mpumalanga ‘sanctuary
They were named Kasper and Kitso and charmed thousands of visitors to the Hazyview Elephant...
Value of trophy hunting to conservation massively overstated: report
A myth-busting exercise on hunting questions the claim that bagging wildlife trophies is...
Challenge to leopard hunting quota proof that the DFFE should change its spots
As numbers decline and persecution continues, South Africa has issued a quota for the trophy...
South Africa’s war on wild animals
If you want to kill animals for fun, South Africa is the place. Topping the list of favourites by...
Are the government’s animal welfare moves progress or ‘spookasem’?
Parliamentarians slam Departments of Agriculture and Environment for lack of answers on animal...