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COVID-19 is one of countless emerging infectious diseases that are zoonotic, meaning they originate in animals. About 75% of emerging infectious…
South Africa is replicating China’s policies that resulted in the Covid-19 outbreak, including mandates promoting domesticating and breeding wild species.…
China’s latest ban on the trade and consumption of wild animals will wipe out wet markets, but they are just…
Despite a scientific consensus pointing to China’s wildlife trade as the most likely cause of the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s…
South Africa is turning towards the implementation of new laws that fully allows the economic exploitation of wildlife. The intention…
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads its tentacles across all continents except Antarctica, scientists in China and the US are racing…
When Botswana banned hunting in 2014, proponents of ‘sustainable utilisation’ of wildlife claimed the government was pandering to emotions and…
The flip side to Covid-19 is first the understanding that we are not invincible and are just another species on…
A refugee is by definition a human—but should elephants and other animals qualify, too? Consider what life is like for…
Peacocks, porcupines and pangolins among species bred on 20,000 farms closed in wake of virus Nearly 20,000 wildlife farms raising…
A coalition of 35 conservation organizations, in a letter to the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA), requests the…
China today announced a ban on buying and selling wild animals for food, taking its most decisive action yet to…
GENEVA — Giraffes may well tower over all other animals in the natural world — but in the wild, their…
As the death toll climbs in the China pandemic, researchers reveal new origins for the coronavirus in Earth’s most threatened…
In a world where global understanding of true conservation and the interconnectedness of all life on the planet is growing…
TheGovernmentGazette No.42464 dated 17 May 2019 amended Table 7 of the Animal Improvement Act (Act no.62of 1998), which lists breeds…
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities temporarily banned the trade of wild animals Sunday following a viral outbreak in Wuhan, saying…
Trophy hunting is reinforcing deep apartheid-era social and racial inequalities in Africa, an economist will tell the UK government this week as it considers a…
The concept of carrying capacity gets thrown around a lot when countries and parks complain about having too many elephants.…
Eleven elephants were successfully transferred from Blaauwbosch Private Game Reserve to their new home near Makhanda on Thursday. After being…