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Conservation Leaders Urge UN World Tourism Organisation: Curb Wildlife Exploitation
The thing with keeping wildlife in cages is that it almost always turns around to bite you in the behind.…
Author Louzel Lombard Steyn
Louzel Lombard Steyn
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Animals starved to death in Bloemfontein Zoo
SPCA calls for permanent closure of Bloemfontein Zoo after discovering starving animals At least five animals – including a buffalo,…
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Conservationist killed by elephants in KwaZulu-Natal, but family pleads with authorities to spare herd
Beyers Coetzee had a dream to see the elephants of Mawana Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal live out their days in…
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Radical changes rattle the cage of SA’s wildlife interaction industry
Interactions with all infant wildlife, walking with predators or elephants, interacting with predators and the riding of wild animals are…
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SATSA applauds Airbnb and TripAdvisor for shunning wildlife interactions
The Southern Africa Tourism Services Association (SATSA) has welcomed the move from global tourism heavyweights Airbnb and TripAdvisor to shun…
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#WorldElephantDay horror: Video shows traumatised elephants at Joburg Zoo
Lammie’s 40th birthday celebrations and World Elephant Day at Johannesburg Zoo were marred by scenes of highly stressed elephants. In…
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Joburg Zoo squanders R1,25 million on new elephants
The Zoo paid almost R1milion more than the market rate for its two new elephants from Inkwenkwezi Private Game Reserve. …
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SA plans for 2019 lion bone export quota a ‘big middle finger to conservation’
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries’ determination to set yet another export quota for lion bones flies in the…
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Despite calls to #FreeLammie, Joburg Zoo takes two more elephants
Two free-roaming elephants from the Eastern Cape have been relocated to a small barren enclosure in Joburg Zoo. The move…
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Zambian pseudo hippo cull cancelled
A controversial contract to hunt at least 1250 hippos under the pretext of culling in Zambia’s world-renowned Luangwa Valley has…
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Joburg Zoo To Get Second Elephant In Spite Of Public Outcry
Photo: Francis Garrard The Joburg Zoo continues to make unilateral decisions regarding Lammie the elephant’s future while the DA led…
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Young elephant shot 13 times: Tourists watched in horror
Balule Associated Nature Reserve has justified the killing of a young elephant bull in front of tourists as an ‘act…
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Kleinmond ‘Safari Park’ Elephant Plans Approved Despite Objections & Environmental Risks
A new safari park near the small town of Kleinmond in the Western Cape may hold economic gains for its…
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Extinction looms for Namibia’s Wild Horses
Nambia’s wild horses. Photo: Christine-Wulff-Swiegers The desert sun is setting on the Wild Horse population that has roamed Namibia’s Garub…
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Zambia forges ahead with hippo cull despite global backlash
South African hunting outfitters are eagerly awaiting the end of the Zambian rainy season in April to start a killing-spree…
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Elephant experts at Joburg Zoo? Keep looking
Johannesburg Zoo claims that Lammie the lonely elephant is getting the best care and that there’s no need to mover…
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Elephant experts call on Joburg Mayor Mashaba to #FreeLammie
Photo: South African Breaking News Thirteen of the world’s most respected elephant behavioural specialists and researchers have supported calls to…
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NSPCA quits Joburg Zoo ethics committee in protest over Lammie the elephant
The furore over the zoo’s solitary elephant has increased as the NSPCA (National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to…
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East London Zoo animals remain confined in small barren enclosures
East London Zoo – Photo: SABC News This is a story about a lonely bear in a pit, a jaguar…
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Young Balule Elephant shot 13 times before horrified visitors
Just as the furore about the trophy hunting of the pride male named Skye began abating, another incident has highlighted…