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The Morality of Octopus Hunting in False Bay
Are we taking an environmental risk for Japanese sushi? This is a story about a filmmaker, a fisherman, certain government…
Media Articles
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Lion trophy hunting: The death of Xanda in Zimbabwe
The death of Cecil’s son, Xanda at the hands of trophy hunters on 7 July is mired in confusion. He…
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Molewa outlines plans to sell rhino horn and wildlife
OPINION: Rhino – a commodity for sale? South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs is increasingly seeing wildlife as a commodity…
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Op-Ed: Time to rethink leopard hunting norms?
“Our primary mandate is to protect these animals (leopards) so that we don’t open them up to a situation where…
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Big cats worldwide threatened by SA lion bone trade
Cape Town – Asian demand for tiger wine and other products is creating a crisis for big cats across the…
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Op-Ed: Where are the rhino poaching stats?
Rhino poaching might be on the decrease, elephant poaching is on the rise, but without up to date poaching figures…
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Op-Ed: Molewa’s lion bone quota sends the wrong conservation message
The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, has permitted an annual sale of 800 skeletons of captive-bred lions. Conservation organisations…
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Don’t get us wrong about rhinos says Environmental Affairs
Author: Don Pinnock The DEA is concerned that we’re getting it wrong about the legalization of domestic rhino horn trade. But…
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Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife in turmoil after political interference
Durban – How did a 27 year-old ANC Youth League official and an army sports instructor – both with limited work…
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SA ignores outcry and gives go ahead to sell 800 lion skeletons to Asia
Cape Town – The South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has blatantly ignored public opinion by formally approving the…
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Op-Ed: Tough choices ahead for Kruger National Park
What is the purpose of national parks in modern South Africa and where will the money come from to protect…
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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…