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The Serengeti-Mara ecosystem is home to the famous wildebeest migration. Susan Schmitz/Shutterstock The 40,000 sq km Serengeti-Mara plain that straddles the…
Photo credit: Francis Garrard President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana said last week that “elephants bleed [the] government coffers”, as “Botswana is…
Predator breeding using lions and other species could cost South Africa over R54-billion over the next 10 years in loss…
SATSA President: Mr. Gavin Courtenay SATSA CEO: Mr. David Frost And all SATSA Members Dear Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Frost and…
“Without wildlife there is no tourism,” said Grace Nderitu, Ecotourism Kenya’s respected CEO. Wildlife tourism is the cornerstone of the…
Trophy hunting has been presented as part of nature conservation which, itself, has been a tool to justify, and violently…
Tanzania is fighting for the survival of their elephant population so where was their voice in Cotonou? The African Elephant…
In July, the illegal killing of Zimbabwe’s iconic lion Cecil re-ignited the debate over the desirability of trophy hunting in…
The oft asked question is: are trophy hunters protectors of biodiversity or are they heartless killers of defenceless wild animals?…
In Tanzania 26% of the territory creates 0.22% of GDP – Big game hunting November 2011. Today in sub-Saharan Africa,…
Zimbabwe has all but let Cecil’s killers off the hook as Mugabe’s wife says hunter did nothing wrong. “I say…
The report by the NSPCA on the welfare status of elephants in captivity at 26 elephant back safari and sanctuary…
Given that in Africa wild lions are in catastrophic decline–the latest International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) figures…
Throughout history, human beings have killed wild animals to defend, avenge, profit or feed themselves. They still do. But there…
Tanzania will struggle to increase tourist numbers this year as the poaching of big game and anxiety about planned elections…
In an unprecedented move, the Professional Hunters’ Association of South Africa (PHASA) has been told that its “position on lion…
Pictures taken by a local wildlife charity activist of the elephants in quarantine pens at Chimelong Safari Park show young…
The Official trailer for Blood Lions, a documentary that exposes the terrible truth behind the predator breeding and canned lion…
A legal trade in rhino horns lies at the heart of a proposed new government policy for the conservation of…
Wildlife enthusiasts say Cecil, possibly Hwanges’s largest lion, was a favourite among visitors to Zimbabwe’s premier national park as he…