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Outrage over ‘unethical’ Botswana elephant hunt
When President Mokgweetsi Masisi opened up Botswana’s rich wildlands to hunting, it helped gain him the essential rural votes he…
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No place for trophy hunting in the sixth extinction
For a Western hunter to pay to kill an African animal and expatriate its parts is a form of objectification,…
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New ‘expert’ panel may be weighted to duck Parliament’s call to shut down canned hunting
In the matter of guarding the chicken run, there’s a big difference between giving the job to a chicken or…
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Radical changes rattle the cage of SA’s wildlife interaction industry
Interactions with all infant wildlife, walking with predators or elephants, interacting with predators and the riding of wild animals are…
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Trophy hunting of Elephants in Botswana has no place in conservation
Tony Weaver has defended Botswana President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, who decided to reintroduce trophy hunting to that country ahead of the…
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Trophy hunting: A new front opens in the War of Words
The trophy hunting lobby and its ideological hangers-on will do whatever they can to defend the right of members to…
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Trophy hunting of elephants in Botswana has no place in conservation: A reply to Tony Weaver
Tony Weaver has defended Botswana’s decision to reintroduce trophy hunting. Personally, he doesn’t ‘quite understand what motivates hunters’, but intellectually,…
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SA reclassifies 33 wild species as farm animals. A list of iconic and in some cases endangered wild animals can now be manipulated as farming stock.
By the stroke of a legislative pen, a list of iconic and in some cases endangered wild animals can now…
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SATSA applauds Airbnb and TripAdvisor for shunning wildlife interactions
The Southern Africa Tourism Services Association (SATSA) has welcomed the move from global tourism heavyweights Airbnb and TripAdvisor to shun…
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Trading in rhino horn is not going to solve our extinction crisis
The continual poaching of rhinos in southern Africa for their horns, in particular in Botswana, has raised the argument yet…
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Zimbabwe To Send Baby Elephants to China in Defiance of International Resolution
A Chinese ground crew has just arrived to prepare 33 baby elephants for imminent shipment to China, according to sources…
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Trophy hunting is not sustainable
The arguments for trophy hunting contained within a recent letter published in the journal Science simply don’t stack up. A…
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Taking the Elephant out of the Room
Cape Town — The overwhelming message from a global conference on elephants in captivity, hosted in Hermanus on September 6, was…
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Elephants taken out of the room
No new elephants should be placed in captivity and elephants currently in captivity should be rewilded, was the overwhelming conclusion…
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Zambian communities halt trophy hunting in dispute over fees
The Community Resources Boards (CRB) in Zambia on Thursday released a press statement expressing their deep concern over the fact…
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Debunking myths about the impact of elephants on large trees
Debunking myths about the impact of elephants on large trees African elephant in Kruger national park, South Africa. PACO COMO/Shutterstock…
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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…