This image from a SANParks camera trap survey shows the adult female elephant that was repeatedly identified. SANParks has long held that only a single, elderly elephant clings...
Elephant mystique lingers (South Africa)
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Parliament slams Kruger Park for defying directive not to sign agreement with neighbours
Kruger National Park has been condemned by Parliament for signing an agreement which it had been expressly forbidden to sign by the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs....
Skye is the Limit – The Kruger Lion Hunt Saga Continues
Outrage, secrecy, abomination, controversy, suspicion, and cat and mouse game, are some of the verbalisations around the events linked to the lion hunt in the Umbabat Private...
Kruger threatens to re-erect game fences over private reserves’ poor governance
A number of the private reserves in the Greater Kruger National Park appear to be violating the protocols and regulations that permitted them to drop fences with Kruger and hunt...
The Controversial Lion Hunt in Umbabat – South Africa
1. The Petition 1.1 On the 7th June 2018, a citizen of the United States of America, named in a recent article as Jared Whitworth...
KNP Recommendations for hunting in Umbabat PNR, 6 February 2018
Animal numbers in APNR reserves, proposed hunting quotas and basis for recommendations with reservations, does not recommend hunting a male lion. Read SANParks-KNP's...
Op-Ed: Tough choices ahead for Kruger National Park
What is the purpose of national parks in modern South Africa and where will the money come from to protect and sustain them? asks TONY CARNIE. What will South Africa’s national...
Alarm over ‘new gag’ on elephant poaching stats
First there was a clampdown on rhino poaching statistics. Now the same is happening with information on elephant ivory poaching. SA National Parks has refused to provide...
Kruger National Park Management Plan Review Notice
Dear Stakeholder, SANParks has started the review process of the Kruger National Park's Management Plan in compliance with the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas...
Tsitsikama Marine Protected Area opened to fishing
Attempt by marine scientists to reverse SANParks permission to fish in the sensitive MPA has been blocked by a High Court judge An application to halt a pilot period for...