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China’s coronavirus battle may be ending but its war on eating wild animals has just begun
China’s latest ban on the trade and consumption of wild animals will wipe out wet markets, but...
Unbelievable: Chinese Gov’t recommends injections containing bear bile to treat coronavirus
Despite a scientific consensus pointing to China’s wildlife trade as the most likely cause of the...
South Africa wants to promote wildlife consumption
South Africa is turning towards the implementation of new laws that fully allows the economic...
Scales tip in favour of pangolins as hosts of Coronavirus ‘transition’
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads its tentacles across all continents except Antarctica, scientists...
Botswana’s conservation policies driven by profit, not science
When Botswana banned hunting in 2014, proponents of ‘sustainable utilisation’ of wildlife claimed...
Covid-19: Planet Earth fights back
The flip side to Covid-19 is first the understanding that we are not invincible and are just...
Should elephants be considered refugees?
A refugee is by definition a human—but should elephants and other animals qualify, too? Consider...
Coronavirus closures reveal vast scale of China’s secretive wildlife farm industry
Peacocks, porcupines and pangolins among species bred on 20,000 farms closed in wake of virus...
Canned lions: Remove van Coller from TBCSA board
A coalition of 35 conservation organizations, in a letter to the Tourism Business Council of South...
As coronavirus spreads, China bans trade in wild animals for food
China today announced a ban on buying and selling wild animals for food, taking its most decisive...
Inside The Global Conservation Organization Infiltrated By Trophy Hunters
GENEVA — Giraffes may well tower over all other animals in the natural world — but in the wild,...
Coronavirus source found in pangolin meat
As the death toll climbs in the China pandemic, researchers reveal new origins for the coronavirus...
Lifting Botswana’s hunting ban endangers its status as a global conservation leader
In a world where global understanding of true conservation and the interconnectedness of all life...
The implications of the reclassification of South African wildlife species as farm animals
TheGovernmentGazette No.42464 dated 17 May 2019 amended Table 7 of the Animal Improvement Act (Act...
China temporarily bans wildlife trade in wake of outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities temporarily banned the trade of wild animals Sunday following a...
Trophy hunting fuels ‘colonial race and slave injustice’, MPs warned as they consider imports ban
Trophy hunting is reinforcing deep apartheid-era social and racial inequalities in...
Elephant Carrying Capacity Is An Antiquated Concept
The concept of carrying capacity gets thrown around a lot when countries and parks complain about...
Eleven Blaauwbosch elephants relocated safely to new home
Eleven elephants were successfully transferred from Blaauwbosch Private Game Reserve to their new...