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TANZANIA TO OPEN UP PRISTINE GAME RESERVE FOR LOGGING AND HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT
Tanzania is proposing large-scale logging in the middle of the Selous Game Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one…
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Like the fossil fuel industry, trophy hunting is unsustainable
Trophy hunting is like the fossil fuel industry. They’re both messy, unsustainable, in need of an alternative approach and, ultimately,…
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Two SA hunting organisations expelled over canned lion hunts
Lion cubs bred in captivity. Picture: Audrey Delsink Two South African hunting associations that embrace canned lion hunting have lost…
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OPINION | How our lions are cruelly slaughtered – with government consent
It’s been a bloody time for the South African canned lion industry. Last week‚ a lion ‘abattoir’ was exposed on a farm…
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South African Donkeys slaughtered for bogus Chinese medicine
South Africa is implicated in the supply of donkeys for Chinese medicine reveals a report released today, World Donkey Day.…
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#SaveRiffRaff: Here’s how you can help save the bull elephant in trouble
The life of an elephant bull in his prime is hanging in the balance as a tug of war ensues…
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Tigers being bred in Gauteng backyards for petting and bone export
South Africa is one the world’s biggest exporters of endangered tigers, almost all of which end up as floor mats,…
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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…
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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…