REPORTS
These detailed reports cover
important conservation issues,
highlighting the urgent need for
action to safeguard the survival of
vulnerable species.
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The elephant (head) in the room: A critical look at trophy hunting
Trophy hunting has occupied a prominent position in recent scholarly literature and popular media....
The older you get, the harder you seek: The mating secrets of Africa’s bull elephants
Males of many species slow down in their pursuit of females as they age. Not so with elephants. A...
UNESCO must stop ‘vanity’ hydropower dam set to destroy Africa’s largest protected wildlife area
The Tanzanian Government is teetering on the edge of committing irreversible environmental damage...
City calling for a moratorium on octopus fishing after killing of another whale
The City of Cape Town is calling on the National Minister of Environment,Forestry and Fisheries to...
WILDLIFE CRIME IN SOUTH AFRICA IN 2019
National Director of Public Prosecutions To: National Prosecuting Authority VGM Building123...
Covering Letter for the lion bone quota submission
To: Honourable Minister Barbara Creecy 14th June 2019 Dear Honourable Minister Creecy, Honourable...
Captive lion breeding coalition submission to DEFF
Public Participation Submission of the Coalition To Stop the Captive Breeding and Keeping of Lions...
THE EXTINCTION BUSINESS South Africa’s ‘Lion’ Bone Trade
PREAMBLE For more than a decade, South Africa has been actively supporting and growing the...
Lion Bone Export Quota-Wildlife Animal Protection Forum Submission
DETERMINATION OF THE 2019 LION BONE QUOTA SUBMISSION FROM TWENTY-FIVE NGOs REPRESENTED BY THE...
Leopard 2019 Leopard Trophy Hunting Quota -Wildlife Animal Protection Forum Submission
DETERMINATION OF THE 2019 LEOPARD TROPHY HUNTING QUOTA SUBMISSION FROM MEMBERS OF THE WILDLIFE...
The Economics of Captive Predator Breeding in South Africa
THE ECONOMICS OF CAPTIVE PREDATOR BREEDING IN SOUTH AFRICA GLOSSARY OF TERMS EXECUTIVE...
Evidence of a Growing Elephant Poaching Problem in Botswana
Highlights In northern Botswana, fresh elephant carcasses increased by 593% from 2014 to...
Botswana’s Elephants Face a New Poaching Threat
Research by Elephants Without Borders (EWB) published 13 June in the journal Current Biology describes a new outbreak of elephant poaching for ivory in northern Botswana. They report that poachers killed an estimated 385 elephants in one year prior to EWB’s 2018 aerial survey. The paper includes photographic documentation of 156 poached elephant carcasses.
Follow-up to colloquium on captive breeding for hunting & press release re high-level panel to review policies
Minister of Environmental Affairs: Honourable Ms Nomvula MokonyaneEmail:...
New report highlights continued threat to African elephants from poaching
PRESS RELEASEGeneva, 10 May 2019 – An updated assessment by the CITES programme Monitoring of...
Press Release: Lawsuit Prompts U.S. Officials to Consider Protecting Giraffes
WASHINGTON— After a prod from a lawsuit filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and...
Cyclone Idai: Animals receive emergency aid from Humane Society International
HSI helps dogs, cows, pigs and other animals in Malawi and Mozambique after Cyclone Idai...
The Last Elephants – Book review
Did you know that in Africa there is one elephant for every 20 000 people; fewer than 450 000...