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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…
The Zoo paid almost R1milion more than the market rate for its two new elephants from Inkwenkwezi Private Game Reserve. …
Trophy hunting elephants has negative consequences for conservation and local communities. A colonial attitude remains pervasive among those who defend…
Tigers, leopards, lions, elephants and rhinos were among the many species of wild animals on offer by South African hunting…
Poachers have poisoned hundreds of raptors in northern Botswana using three elephant carcasses as bait. The information has just been…
Elephants have become a hot political issue in Botswana, with President Mokgweetsi Masisi beating the hunting drum, a sure vote-catcher…
At least 385 elephants were poached in the last year, however the Botswana government has just set an annual quota of…
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries’ determination to set yet another export quota for lion bones flies in the…
A second Lion King movie is due for release this month and wildlife conservationists are urging Disney to share its…
Another dead 12-metre Bryde’s whale was found in False Bay near Cape Town last week after becoming entangled in octopus…
Two free-roaming elephants from the Eastern Cape have been relocated to a small barren enclosure in Joburg Zoo. The move…
A controversial contract to hunt at least 1250 hippos under the pretext of culling in Zambia’s world-renowned Luangwa Valley has…
After Barack Obama came Donald Trump, a bigoted populist prone to crass outpourings and some peculiar legislative ideas. His time…
Botswana has lifted its ban on hunting based on five myths about that country’s elephant population. The decision has as…
Botswana has now committed to a policy built on myths, while the rest of the world takes stock of the…
Botswana president, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, recently hosted a summit in Kasane for five southern African heads of state to forge…
A gun manufacturer in the Czech Republic is implicated in flooding Africa with thousands of high-calibre hunting rifles. Now poachers…
Lifting of ban attributed to ‘political play’. The Botswanan government announced yesterday that it was “lifting the hunting suspension in…
Splashing in the Zambezi River at Botswana’s Chobe National Park. Shutterstock Ross Harvey, University of Cape Town Botswana has reinstated…
Elephant poaching, Mozambique President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana categorically denies that his government would ever cull elephants, contradicting the Parliamentary…