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Op-Ed: Hunters and predator breeders take aim at Star journalist
The South African Predator Association (SAPA) – whose members breed for hunting, among other creatures, what it terms “managed ranch…
Author Don Pinnock
Don Pinnock
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Trophy Hunting: US pro-hunting lobby moves to legitimise the ‘sport’ of a wealthy elite
US policy on trophy hunting has descended into a confusion of mixed messages following a tweet by President Donald Trump…
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Alarm at seabed destruction from SA phosphate mining
If you imagine fish as birds of the ocean, they fly through forests and over fields which grow in the…
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Op-Ed: Did Oxford University researchers sanction hunting of Cecil the lion and his son, Xanda?
When thousands of people donated nearly R20-million to the Oxford University Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) after the killing of…
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West Coast phosphate mine interdicted to stop drawing fossil water
A dodgy phosphate operation mining bordering the West Coast National Park and near the environmentally sensitive Langebaan Lagoon has been…
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Emissions from Eskom and Sasol killing Highveld residents – report
People on the Highveld are dying prematurely and suffering from respiratory and cardiac illnesses because of the government’s controversial non-enforcement…
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R100m North West game donation illegal as Agriculture MEC told to pay repatriation costs
Cape Town – Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs has slammed the donation by the North West Province of wild…
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Eco-scamming: Making a killing on kindness
While many good people and fine organisations raise public funds to support conservation, there are others who use conservation…
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The Morality of Octopus Hunting in False Bay
Are we taking an environmental risk for Japanese sushi? This is a story about a filmmaker, a fisherman, certain government…
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Molewa outlines plans to sell rhino horn and wildlife
OPINION: Rhino – a commodity for sale? South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs is increasingly seeing wildlife as a commodity…
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Big cats worldwide threatened by SA lion bone trade
Cape Town – Asian demand for tiger wine and other products is creating a crisis for big cats across the…
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Don’t get us wrong about rhinos says Environmental Affairs
Author: Don Pinnock The DEA is concerned that we’re getting it wrong about the legalization of domestic rhino horn trade. But…
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World outrage at planned export of baby elephants from Namibia
Permission granted by the Namibian government to a game farm owned by a Swedish national to capture and export to…
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Dear Simon Espley: Let’s talk elephants and fake reporting
Photo: Elephants in Timbavati Game Reserve, 2 Jan 2013. Photo by Maureen Barlin via Flickr In response to “insults” from…
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Timbavati risks tourist backlash to hunt a super tusker
Main photo: There are only about 25 to 30 super tuskers in the world and all in Africa. (Don Pinnock)…
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Rhino sale bombshell hidden in new draft regulations
Photo by Steve Evans via Flickr. The public has until March 10 to respond to draft regulations by the South African…
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We can sell rhino horn, says Minister Molewa
File picture Parliament – According to the Department of Environmental Affairs, the time has come to sell rhino horn. Speaking…
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South Africa opens the door to the sale of wildlife parts
Photo by Don Pinnock. There’s a thin line between the marketing of, and the genuine conservation of, wildlife. In the…
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Permission to drink a lion
There is something extremely bizarre about drinking a lion. But maybe in this world of post-truth it’s a new normal.…
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Lion bones: SA public has no time to contest sale
South Africa is about to permit the export of lion bones to produce fake tiger wine but has given the…