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More elephants poisoned in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park
More than 14 elephants, including a mother and her young calf, have been poisoned in and around Zimbabwe’s premier game…
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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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Bushmeat hunting threatens tourism in Botswana’s Okavango Delta
The threat posed by illegal bushmeat hunting to the Okavango Delta‘s tourism industry in Botswana has been exposed in a…
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Alarm over ‘new gag’ on elephant poaching stats
First there was a clampdown on rhino poaching statistics. Now the same is happening with information on elephant ivory poaching.…
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Namibia flouts elephant export laws
Namibia’s environmental authorities confirm that they have issued the necessary CITES (Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species) export permit…
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How SA can lose the second rhino war
As South Africa continues to lose rhinos in the poaching war, it seems that the government is failing those fighting…
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Rescued elephant calf thriving in new herd
AN orphaned baby elephant has been fully accepted into a semi-wild elephant herd at Camp Jabulani outside Hoedspruit in a…
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Hwange lion killings ‘undermine conservation efforts’
Cape Town – Two endangered lionesses have been killed after being lured out of Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe to…
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Mpumalanga tightens up on trophy elephant hunts
Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) has confirmed that it will not issue permits to hunt trophy elephants with unlimited…
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Poaching and budget crises spur dehorning move in Africa’s “rhino conservation cradle”
Cape Town – It would have been unthinkable just a few years ago that rhinos would be dehorned for their own…
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Botswana Budget Cuts Imperil Anti-Poaching
Botswana’s world acclaimed anti-poaching success story is being threatened by budget cuts that have forced the Department of Wildlife and…
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Last of the big tuskers in danger (South Africa)
VERY few tourists will have the privilege of seeing a real tusker in Africa’s game reserves today. Historically, a tusker…
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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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New trade ruling spells end for rhinos say conservationists
With the Sumatran rhino officially extinct in the wild, are South Africa’s rhino doomed to the same fate? With the…
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SA animal welfare groups devastated after 15-year Lotto lifeline cut off
Cape Town – Animal welfare organisations are reeling from an unexpected announcement that they will no longer receive funding from…
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Leopards in the crossfire: Trophy hunting and the 7 year rule
Cape Town – If cats do have nine lives, leopards are on their last. Especially the big, strong males of…
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More questions than answers as Kruger park continues shooting buffalo
Confused explanations at a public meeting in Skukuza on Saturday are concerning stakeholders as the Kruger National Park forges ahead…
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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…