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South Africa Pushes For Trade In Endangered Wildlife
South Africa, DRC, Namibia and Zimbabwe believe they should be able to sell threatened wildlife species on global markets, just…
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Joburg Zoo Threatens To Sue Animal Rights Group Over ”Distressed” Elephants Video
The Johannesburg Zoo finds itself embroiled in another legal controversy after three elephants were caught on video in seeming distress…
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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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Court victory for NSPCA over welfare of captive lions, bone exports
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled in favour of the NSPCA regarding the welfare of lions in captivity…
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RULING THAT LION SKELETON EXPORT QUOTAS ARE ILLEGAL IS A VICTORY FOR ETHICAL CONSERVATION
Welfare problems have always characterised the captive lion industry, but have proliferated over the past few years due to a…
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Emaciated cubs, freezer full of carcasses uncovered at North West lion farm
Further scenes of animal abuse were unearthed at Jan Steinman’s lion farm in Lichtenburg, while the local SAPS fails to…
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US to support Zimbabwe’s trade in baby elephants
US zoos now plan to import baby elephants from Zimbabwe, undeterred by the international furore over their 2016 import of…
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Captive lion breeding in South Africa: the case for a total ban
A new report by global NGO, World Animal Protection, provides a damning indictment on the captive predator breeding industry. Big cats are…
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The Great Elephant Debate: Myth-busting jumbo fallacies
Botswana has a growing population of humans and cattle, not elephants. Outside protected areas, desertification caused by cattle over-grazing too…
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Yes, I’m a hunter. My targets are duplicity, lies and cruelty
The trophy hunting industry is on the wrong side of history, serves the macabre leisure pursuits of a handful of…
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The Great Elephant Debate: Legalising ivory trade will be a giant mistake
For most experts concerned about the survival of elephants, the idea that a global ivory market could be part of…
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Iconic Namibian Elephant Killed By Hunter
Namibia’s most famous elephant bull known as Voortrekker (“Pioneer”) to thousands of tourists was shot last week by a trophy…
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Botswana has an elephant poaching problem, not an overpopulation problem
The Botswana government recently reintroduced trophy hunting after a five-year moratorium. It did so on the pretext that Botswana has “too many elephants”. But…
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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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Trophy hunting ‘imperial’ and ‘unsustainable’
Trophy hunting elephants has negative consequences for conservation and local communities. A colonial attitude remains pervasive among those who defend…
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South Africa selling tiger and lion hunts to Chinese nouveau riche
Tigers, leopards, lions, elephants and rhinos were among the many species of wild animals on offer by South African hunting…
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Poachers poison hundreds of Botswana vultures
Poachers have poisoned hundreds of raptors in northern Botswana using three elephant carcasses as bait. The information has just been…
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Killing elephants in Botswana is a vote-catcher that could go badly wrong
Elephants have become a hot political issue in Botswana, with President Mokgweetsi Masisi beating the hunting drum, a sure vote-catcher…
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Botswana trophy hunting poached 385 elephants
At least 385 elephants were poached in the last year, however the Botswana government has just set an annual quota of…
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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…