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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 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…
WILL giraffes survive humanity? They are as iconic as lions, rhinos and elephants and their long-term existence in the wild…
On April 11, Chief Magistrate Francis Kyambia is set to make judgement in a Mombasa, Kenya court on the ivory…
This encyclopaedic book sends out a powerful message to give elephants the highest protection status, writes Elise Tempelhoff. The LAST…
The life of an elephant that faces being shot for being a ‘nuisance’ is hanging in the balance as animal…
Did you know that in Africa there is one elephant for every 20 000 people; fewer than 450 000 according…
Namibia’s current and Kenya’s former ministers for environment engaged in a lively discussion about the polarising issue of trophy hunting…
“By shutting down the movement of ivory of unknown origin, the domestic market is moving closer to an effective closure,”…
Photo credit: Francis Garrard President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana said last week that “elephants bleed [the] government coffers”, as “Botswana is…
Nambia’s wild horses. Photo: Christine-Wulff-Swiegers The desert sun is setting on the Wild Horse population that has roamed Namibia’s Garub…
The results of the recent and most extensive elephant population survey of Botswana estimates the country’s population at 126,000 elephants,…
Killing of elephants for their tusks crisis is not a new issue Photo credit: Mike Chase After months of controversy,…
Two elephants play in the Mara Triangle, the north-western part of Masai Mara. Image: Getty, YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP Technology has made…
© Dereck and Beverly Big Cat Conservation Opinion post by Dereck Joubert I’ve been asked to respond to the following remarks…
Every year, thousands of tourists visit South African private nature reserves to see wild animals in unspoilt surroundings. But how…
A report by the Democratic staff of the House Committee on Natural Resources Executive Summary Hunting of imperiled animals can…