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The problem of an elephant that just wants to stay home
In Africa an elephant dies from a poacher’s bullet every 15 minutes. But in South Africa’s private reserves they’re breeding…
Media Articles
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Captive cheetahs being exploited
The practice of breeding the animals in captivity as ‘ambassadors’ is doing the species more harm than good, Louise de…
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Farewell to Sudan as another key species fades into extinction
In this photo taken on May 3 last year, a ranger takes care of Sudan, the world’s last male northern…
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Cash Before Conservation – A damning report on the commoditization of our lions
Criminal syndicates may use the legal trade in lion bones from our captive lion population, as a cover for illegal…
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Angola’s elephant population is declining despite 14 years of peace
More than 25 years of civil war in Angola between 1975-2002 not only took its toll on people, with huge…
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Close interaction with captive lions is NOT conservation
The Lion Whisperer Kevin Richardson’s promotion of interacting and walking with lions was seriously called into question recently when one…
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Born Free Foundation: SA support for lion bones trade is damaging its image
The Department of Environmental Affairs has been slammed for allowing canned lion hunting and the export of lion bones without…
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Europeans are major smugglers of Southern African reptiles
The European Union is a major destination for illegally smuggled live snakes, lizards and tortoises from southern Africa, posing a…
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The second Giants Club Summit addresses the survival of our elephants
The second Giants Club Summit meets in Kasane over the next few days, uniting African leadership with global science, finance…
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Op-Ed: Legal Eastern markets are gutting Africa’s wildlife – Traffic
Quite apart from the decimation of illegal poaching, legal export to Asian markets is tearing the wild heart out of…
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Is transformation only possible through a consumptive wildlife economy?
Parliamentary wildlife colloquium ignores benefits of non-consumptive wildlife utilisation as ecological sustainability is obscured by the increasing commodification of SA’s…
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Trump administration changes its mind on trophy hunting again
The US will now consider issuing permits to import elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Tanzania on a case by case…
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DA calls for urgent action in rhino poaching crisis
DA MP Ross Purdon tabled a parliamentary motion this week calling on government departments to revisit this national rhino poaching crisis with…
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Australians crush ivory possessions to protest slaughter of elephants
“The only value ivory has is on a living elephant,” said Karen Pomeranz as she handed in six 20-year-old napkin…
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Op-Ed: South Africa’s involvement in export of Asian tigers and link to trade in tiger products
A Sumatran Tiger (Panthera Sumatrae) in the zoo in Frankfurt Main, Germany, 22 January 2018. EPA-EFE/ARMANDO BABANI It may come…
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Op-Ed: Travellers of the wind and the curse of nurdles
This is the story about near-magical seabirds that criss-cross the globe, and small, lentil-sized blobs of plastic called nurdles. It…
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After the death of a woman and a female elephant, Dinokeng Reserve has a lot to answer for
All is not well at the Dinokeng Game Reserve in Gauteng. As the reserve weathers the furious storm of criticism…
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Has the Department of Environmental Affairs condoned canned lion hunting?
Changes to Cites legislation in 2016 allowing South Africa to establish ‘annual export quotas for trade in bones, bone pieces,…
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CITES Ignores Illegal Import of Wild Elephants by China
HARARE, Zimbabwe, February 20, 2018 (ENS) – In the last two years, China has imported more than 80 live Asian…
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East London Zoo plans to get more animals despite global petition to shut down
Cape Town – The East London Zoo has again come under fire for the poor care of its captive animals…