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Will Kruger’s drought policy affect its elephant population?
The ongoing drought is taking its toll on South Africa’s wildlife. In the Kruger National Park, questions have been raised…
Author Andreas Wilson-Späth
Andreas Wilson-Späth
Andreas Wilson-Späth holds a PhD in geology from the University of Cape Town and is a stay-at-home-dad who has been working as a freelance journalist for more than seven years. He’s passionate about his family, reading and saving the planet.
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Ultimate Hunters Market: Will this giant hunting auction benefit African wildlife?
Does trophy hunting support wildlife conservation in Africa? The world’s most influential hunters’ association would like you to think so.…
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Are we winning the fight against rhino poaching?
At a press conference in Pretoria last Thursday, Edna Molewa, the Minister of Environmental Affairs and her colleagues from government’s…
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Photo safaris trump trophy hunting
In July, the illegal killing of Zimbabwe’s iconic lion Cecil re-ignited the debate over the desirability of trophy hunting in…
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Travel conference shirks SA lion film
Travel conference organisers have decided not to screen a documentary that raises critical questions about key tourist attractions that their event…
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Natural born hunters?
There’s a huge difference between killing an animal for sustenance or subsistence, and hunting it for a trophy or for…
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World Elephant Day: Study calls for domestic trade bans and projects to cut demand for ivory
If you want to save elephants, don’t legalise the international trade in ivory. That’s the message of a major research…
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Double controversy hits Southern Africa’s trophy hunting industry
In the past week Southern Africa’s lucrative trophy hunting industry received two devastating blows: the release of an explosive new…
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Professional hunters to reconsider lion hunting policy
In an unprecedented move, the Professional Hunters’ Association of South Africa (PHASA) has been told that its “position on lion…
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What’s the world’s most trafficked mammal?
We’re all obsessing over the devastating poaching crisis that’s driving elephants and rhinos towards extinction and rightly so. But in…
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SA doccie reveals the shocking truth behind lion breeding
Durban – Blood Lions, a new documentary film delivers a damning verdict on the rapidly growing South African industry that…
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Unsavoury practices in canned hunting industry prompt government concern
Government appears intent on reforming and sanitising the business of breeding and hunting lions. Critics want to see it dismantled…
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Rhino horn trade central to draft government policy
A legal trade in rhino horns lies at the heart of a proposed new government policy for the conservation of…
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Experts: Trading rhino horn will only increase poaching risks
A group of international experts comprised of over 30 conservationists, academics, journalists, authors and lawyers from Africa, Europe, Asia and…
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Playing with words while captive lions die
In an article published in the Sunday Times a week ago [May 31], Edna Molewa, the minister of environmental affairs,…
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Wildlife crime should be treated like drug trafficking
“Please, let’s stop talking about illegal trade in wildlife. It’s not illegal trade – it’s crime,” says John Sellar, an…
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The efficacy of trading rhino horn debunked
A group of local and international experts converged in Cape Town on Tuesday to discuss the legal and illegal trade…
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New government plan promotes canned lion hunting and trade
The draft Biodiversity Management Plan for the Lion (Panthera Leo) in South Africa was published under the National Environmental Management…
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Home-grown corruption is killing Africa’s rhinos and elephants
While the crisis is complex, with root causes in chronic poverty, the absence of sustainable economic alternatives and a burgeoning…