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Hunters’ association fires first salvo at state law legislating ‘wellbeing’ considerations of wild animals
It was only a matter of time before hunters challenged former environment minister Barbara...
Outcry over killing of elephants in KZN
The Human Elephant Foundation is concerned over the recent killing of nine elephants on a farm near Vryheid, in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
The foundation said there was no legal permission for this action, which is required by law.
However, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife refuted the claims that there was no permit.
Out-of-Control Wildlife Trade Is Shackling a Key Climate Solution
Reining in the unruly global trade in wild species could help mitigate the climate emergency,...
Ecotourism: An obvious panacea or a looming conundrum?
I have been working across three spheres of the ecotourism sector for the past 33 years....
Domestic ivory markets must not be reopened – EPI Foundation
The EPI Foundation, the secretariat to the 24 African member states of the Elephant Protection...
Cruel and needless — the grim truth about wildlife farming exposed in new report
A generation ago, farming with animals like lions, rhinos and crocodiles would have seemed...
Lawsuit launched against environment minister in bid to halt African penguin extinction
Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has barred fishing around key African...
Mozambique: Authorities seize huge haul of elephant tusks bound for Dubai
The Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) and Mozambique Tax Authority (AT) yesterday...
Open letter to Michel Mantheakis – chairman of the Tanzanian Hunting Operators Association (TAHOA)
BACKGROUND: We approached Michel Mantheakis – chairman of the Tanzanian Hunting Operators...
Trading in wild things: Major rethink required, for biodiversity’s sake
An international shortage of lab monkeys is driving prices higher, with concerns that this...
Dolphins and porpoises increasingly slaughtered for food and fish bait
Two bottlenose dolphins cavort in the sea, jumping high out of the water, off the coast of...
If the captive big cat industry is left to thrive, species harm will be irreparable
Only when South Africa commits to implementing a phase-out of the entire captive big cat industry,...
‘It looked like a slaughterhouse’: Hawks arrest US man after finding rhino carcasses, horns on his farm
In a striking development, American national Derek Lewitton was arrested by the Hawks,...
Conservation of South Africa’s protected areas is tenuous as long as the law is weak
South Africa’s limited protected-area estate is increasingly coming under threat from...
Canada blocks import of ivory, rhino horn and trophies
Importing iconic African animal parts is no longer acceptable in Canada – but in the UK, peers...
Untreated sewage is putting Cape Town’s endangered penguins at risk. The city is pleading poverty
Chemicals in Cape Town's coastal waters could be affecting the breeding of...
Snaring in Kruger National Park spikes more than 200% amid socioeconomic crisis
Since 2020, snaring has tripled in the crown jewels of South Africa’s Big Five reserves. This...
Government opens public comments on policy to end captive lion breeding
A draft government policy proposes to end the keeping of lions for commercial purposes, as well as...