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Elephant poaching, Mozambique President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana categorically denies that his government would ever cull elephants, contradicting the Parliamentary…
The United Nations Special Report on Global Warming in 2018 sounded a sharp warning few could disagree with: Earth has…
Photo credit: Conservation Action Trust The NSPCA has laid criminal charges against Jan Steinman, a lion farmer in North West,…
Lions seen at Willie Jacobs’ farm, Ukutula Lodge, on 31 July 2015 in Brits, South Africa. Jacobs’ farm was heavily…
A male white lion, part of a rare white lion pack, in the wild in South Africa. (PHOTO: EPA/LIESL EICHENBERGER)…
Photo: Francis Garrard The Joburg Zoo continues to make unilateral decisions regarding Lammie the elephant’s future while the DA led…
WILL giraffes survive humanity? They are as iconic as lions, rhinos and elephants and their long-term existence in the wild…
The Blood Lions presentation by Campaign Director, Nicola Gerrard, at WTM Africa in Cape Town last week was abruptly cut…
Balule Associated Nature Reserve has justified the killing of a young elephant bull in front of tourists as an ‘act…
A new safari park near the small town of Kleinmond in the Western Cape may hold economic gains for its…
As tourism is a mainstay of Botswana’s economy, lifting the hunting ban could, the poll suggests, have severe economic consequences…
Picture: Martin Meja/AP A Parliamentary Resolution to end the Captive Breeding of Lions in South Africa has been ignored by…
Two lionesses rub against a cage fence at a captive breeding centre for large predators at an undisclosed location in…
Photo credit: Francis Garrard President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana said last week that “elephants bleed [the] government coffers”, as “Botswana is…
The seasonal flood plains of the Kwando River. (Photo by Gallo Images/GO!/Toast Coetzer) There are worrying signs that Namibia’s legendary…
Botswana’s proposals to lift its hunting ban and to introduce elephant culling has fuelled political posturing, denials, misinformation, and lobbying…
Nambia’s wild horses. Photo: Christine-Wulff-Swiegers The desert sun is setting on the Wild Horse population that has roamed Namibia’s Garub…
The results of the recent and most extensive elephant population survey of Botswana estimates the country’s population at 126,000 elephants,…
Image supplied A report by Elephants Without Borders claiming ‘a significant poaching outbreak is ongoing in at least four distinct…
Killing of elephants for their tusks crisis is not a new issue Photo credit: Mike Chase After months of controversy,…