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World Elephant Day: How are the pachyderms doing in Africa?
The title of the book I compiled with Colin Bell, ‘The Last Elephants’, was less predictive than a warning —…
Author Don Pinnock
Don Pinnock
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CITES has failed the natural world. Here’s how it can be fixed.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna, based in Geneva, was set up to…
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A matter of pride: South Africa proposes banning intensive breeding of lions and rhinos — and ending captive lion hunts
A new policy paper signals a more humane approach to the treatment of wild animals and an end to cruelty…
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SA at a crossroads on wildlife welfare and sentience
Two government approaches to our relationship with wild animals, two opposing views. One could chart the path to South Africa’s…
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Canned hunting canned: Minister Creecy announces ‘new deal’ for South Africa’s wildlife industry
In a seismic shift that will send shock waves through many areas of SA’s wildlife industry, the Cabinet has endorsed…
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Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries blows nearly R3bn in irregular expenditure
The Auditor-General’s annual review of the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries’ finances has uncovered irregular, wasteful and unaccounted for…
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Something to hide? Department of Environment takes the path of least disclosure
Wildlife and weaponised disinformation: the path of least disclosure There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are…
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No shade, no company, no exercise – that’s no life for sad elephant Charlie
Specialists from around the world have petitioned Environment Minister Barbara Creecy to release into a sanctuary a Pretoria Zoo elephant…
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Namibia selling 170 wild elephants despite outcry
The Namibian government will put 170 wild elephants up for sale on 29 January, justified by false population statistics and…
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Are we starving great whites to death?
Ever since the film ‘Jaws’, with its creepy music, sharks have had bad press as nightmarish super-predators. But sharks are…
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NSPCA slams ‘slap on the wrist’ sentence for Dr convicted of amputating monkey’s limbs
The light sentence handed out to the vet who mutilated a monkey is a travesty of justice says the National…
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The sad story of a one-limbed monkey and the battle to hold vets accountable
A vet has been found guilty of extreme cruelty to a vervet monkey and awaits sentencing in the Nigel Magistrate’s…
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Ramaphosa petitioned to halt big cat breeding
While government, wildlife farmers and NGOs remain locked in discussion about the future of lions, elephants, rhinos and leopards, the…
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CITES protection of animals no longer fit for purpose, says wildlife filmmaker
One of the world’s worst wildlife scams is being permitted by the United Nations organisation formed to protect wild animals…
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Urgent questions about the welfare of wildlife that Parliament needs to ask
As Department of Agriculture officials file into a meeting with Parliament’s Environmental Portfolio Committee on Friday (August 28) to explain…
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African forest plunder condemns chimpanzees to miserable lives in zoos
Chimpanzees are our nearest genetic relatives on the tree of life. At this rate, eaten or forced to entertain zoo…
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Wildlife experts spurn invite to serve on environmental panel, indicating bias and co-option
Three people have declined to serve on a government panel. That’s not exactly news. But, given who they are and…
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Over 400 Botswana elephants killed in mystery mass die-off
The carcasses of more than 400 elephants have been discovered north of the Okavango Delta and nobody yet knows what’s…
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‘Unfair Game’ reveals the cruel reality of canned lions
Almost without exception, every single captive-bred lion in South Africa faces a miserable fate – petted and played with as…
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Why the wildlife trade convention failed to prevent Covid-19
It’s time to rethink the role of CITES, says its former head, John Scanlon. It has no teeth to enforce…