Shannon Elizabeth – From Hollywood to Africa (Part One)
That Africa draws people to it is undeniable – every year hundreds of thousands of…
Browsing: Wildlife
Promote or harm? How does the lion bone trade impact South Africa’s conservation image?
This week these questions were tabled at a two-day colloquium in South Africa’s parliament. South Africa has…
Cheetahs need protection … from tourists
As cheetah populations continue to decline, scientists are calling on the IUCN to up-list the…
Moving animals to save them
Moving wildlife from one area to another is a widely used strategy in conservation management,…
South Africa’s lion bone trade – public hearing imminent
South Africa has at least 8,000 captive lions in privately owned breeding farms, possibly as…
Do elephants migrate? Well … it’s complicated
African elephants are big animals with big needs and move daily around the savanna in…
Understanding how illegal ivory is smuggled across borders and through African transit countries
Although there is a wealth of information on ivory poaching, there is a gap in…
Meet Africa’s new bats
It is a wonder in itself that new mammal species are still being discovered, but…
A new species of African elephant
A new species of elephant has been found, but it has been extinct for some…
Rhino killings slightly down in 2017 – but “we’re far from seeing the light at the end of this very long, dark tunnel” says illegal wildlife trade expert.
A total 1,028 rhinos were illegally killed in South Africa in 2017. This sad…