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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...
The welfare of South Africa’s wild animals is in the hopelessly wrong hands of the food police – this has to change urgently
The welfare of wild animals in South Africa is being thrown under a bus by dithering departments...
Environmentalists and hunters slam government over proposals for the trophy hunting of elephants, leopards and rhinos
Last month, with little publicity, the Department of Environmental Affairs gave the public 30 days...
Dangerous precedent: CITES sows confusion over live elephant exports
Namibia and Zimbabwe are likely to exploit the loopholes created by the UN wildlife trade...
World Elephant Day: How are the pachyderms doing in Africa?
The title of the book I compiled with Colin Bell, ‘The Last Elephants’, was less predictive than a...
A matter of pride: South Africa proposes banning intensive breeding of lions and rhinos — and ending captive lion hunts
A new policy paper signals a more humane approach to the treatment of wild animals and an end to...
Creecy’s expected wildlife policy position paper sparks hope for the future of South Africa’s wild animal management
Environment Minister Barbara Creecy’s report on the use and protection of SA’s iconic wildlife was...
Who Cares about Animal Welfare?
The Department of Agriculture is about to introduce a new Animal Welfare Act, but all...
SA at a crossroads on wildlife welfare and sentience
Two government approaches to our relationship with wild animals, two opposing views. One could...
Canned hunting canned: Minister Creecy announces ‘new deal’ for South Africa’s wildlife industry
In a seismic shift that will send shock waves through many areas of SA’s wildlife industry, the...
Southern Africa’s Ivory Delusion
The values of Zimbabwe’s and Namibia’s ivory stockpiles have been grossly overstated, and their...
Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries blows nearly R3bn in irregular expenditure
The Auditor-General’s annual review of the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries’...
Something to hide? Department of Environment takes the path of least disclosure
Wildlife and weaponised disinformation: the path of least disclosure There can be no...
Breeding and trading endangered wild animals is not conservation – it threatens their survival
Conservationists have demonstrated that legalised trade and commercial breeding of wild animals...
No shade, no company, no exercise – that’s no life for sad elephant Charlie
Specialists from around the world have petitioned Environment Minister Barbara Creecy to release...
Namibia selling 170 wild elephants despite outcry
The Namibian government will put 170 wild elephants up for sale on 29 January, justified by false...
Paradise is closing down: The ghastly spectre of oil drilling and fracking in fragile Okavango Delta
For a distance of some 150km, Canadian company ReconAfrica’s oil and gas prospecting concessions...