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August 20
South Africa: African Penguin Lawsuit - - Settlement Talks 'To Prevent Extinction' Under Way
A settlement could be on the horizon in the African Penguin lawsuit launched by local conservation bodies against the Environment, Forestry and Fisheries minister for the… Read more »
South Africa: African Penguin Lawsuit - - Settlement Talks 'To Prevent Extinction' Under Way
A settlement could be on the horizon in the African Penguin lawsuit launched by local conservation bodies against the Environment, Forestry and Fisheries minister for the… Read more »
August 15
South Africa: In the Lions' Den - the Women Who Count Kruger's Big Cats
Lesego Mthethwa and Alison Govaerts' research will culminate in a much-needed estimate for the number of African lions in the Kruger National Park. Read more »
August 09
South Africa: SPCA Seeks Kommetjie Resident Who Pepper-Sprayed Baboon Amid Rising Tensions
A recent protest about the presence of baboons in the Cape Peninsula village of Kommetjie culminated in a member of the local Slangkop troop being pepper sprayed and injured.… Read more »
August 05
South Africa: Funding the Focus As Cape Town's Beloved Zip Zap Circus Prepares to Move
New "Zip Zap Arena" will offer a venue for circus arts and also for other art forms like drama, ballet, dance and opera. It will have retractable seating, making the venue suitable… Read more »
South Africa: A Fence Too Far - - The Unintended Consequences of Current Cape Peninsula Baboon Management
These consequences are a daily war against wildlife and within the strongly divided community. We need a more ethical, legal and holistic community-supported approach to… Read more »
July 28
South Africa: A Conversation With the Leopard Lady - Tracing a Winding Journey From Planes and Rhinos to Big Cats
Helen Turnbull is CEO of the Cape Leopard Trust and her job is to navigate the organisation that helps to protect the province's wild and free-roaming leopards. Over coffee she… Read more »
South Africa: How Citizen Science Is Uncovering Animal Adaptations to Climate Change
Recent annual sand inundations at Goukamma and Gericke's Point on the Cape south coast have smothered mussel beds, which is what oystercatchers target as their primary food source. Read more »
July 04
South Africa: South Africa's Contradictory Plan to Open Rhino Horn Trade Will Encourage Poaching
Legalising trade will remove the stigma that rhino horn is illegal and could entice many more consumers into the market. The demand will then outstrip the legal supply and poaching… Read more »
June 18
South Africa: The Kruger Park Communities That See Rhinos Getting Preferential Treatment
We must choose our words more carefully if we are to get to grips with the illegal wildlife trade and contribute meaningfully to much-needed debates. Read more »
June 11
South Africa: Wild Baboons On the South Peninsula - How Not to Manage Urban Wildlife Conflicts
Cape Town's urban baboon management programme, once a conservation and community success story, has the potential to once again be a world-class example of how to manage wildlife… Read more »
June 10
South Africa: Venomous Sea Snakes Suffering From 'Cold Shock' Wash Up On SA Beaches
Rare venomous yellow-bellied sea snakes have been washing up on Eastern Cape and Garden Route beaches, prompting marine experts to caution against touching these deadly creatures… Read more »
May 28
South Africa: Baboon Activists Launch Legal Action Seeking Better Management of Troops in the Cape
In recent years, activists and concerned residents in the Cape Peninsula have sounded the alarm about the escalating problem of human-baboon conflict in the region. Now, legal… Read more »
May 22
South Africa: Reversing the Red - The Battle to Halt Species Extinction in South Africa
A considerable amount of work, time and investment is needed for the recovery of freshwater fish, amphibian, bird, mammal and plant species which are on the brink of extinction or… Read more »
May 19
South Africa: Truckloads of Hope Arrive in KZN As 40 Rhinos Are Dropped Off At Munywana Conservancy
A convoy of trucks carrying 40 'semi-wild' rhinos has rolled into KwaZulu-Natal, delivering a welcome ray of hope to a province under brutal siege by horn poachers. Read more »
May 15
South Africa: Greater Cradle Nature Reserve - A Surprising Origin Safari to the Roots of Humankind
A trip to the Greater Cradle Nature Reserve in the Cradle of Humankind reveals the precariousness of our ancestral past and reminds us that herein lies our future. Read more »
May 16
Africa: AU Ban On Cruel Donkey Skin Trade a Game-Changer but Enforcement Challenges Linger
Donkeys are an important part of life across Africa -- it's now up to countries to ensure the ban is implemented. Read more »
May 06
South Africa: Under-Threat Cape Wild Horses Returned to Their Wetland Home
After many months of planning the free-roaming herd near Hermanus has been safely moved back to its original home near the Bot River estuary. Read more »
April 24
Africa: Ants Face Worsening Survival Crisis As Planet Heats Up - Adapt, Migrate or Die
Among the longest-living insects, the ant population could be threatened as extreme heat sweeps across the globe due to the deepening climate crisis. Read more »
November 12, 2023
South Africa: 'Devastating' Death of Dozens of Migrating Birds Points to Coming Climate Change Havoc - Experts
After a drastic change in weather last week, birds were found dead across the country, highlighting the ecological cascade climate change will bring. Read more »
October 22, 2023
South Africa: Should a Simple Tourist Levy Replace Recreational Hunts?
As the debate on the ethics of 'trophy hunting' rages on, a new international study claims to offer a proposal that would sound the controversial industry's death knell -- by… Read more »
October 05, 2023
South Africa: To Save Our Game Reserves, South Africa Needs to Look to Fellow African States for Solutions
Joining famed conservationists Jane Goodall and Carl Jones at the 12th Oppenheimer Research Conference, a former SANParks conservation boss warns that - thanks to a lack of funds… Read more »
October 01, 2023
Africa: Top Scientists Make U.S.$3 Billion Plea to Rich Nations to Help Conserve Continent's Lions
Facing the grim reality of potential extinction, Africa's iconic but underexposed wild lion populations are crying out for help -- and for investors with deep, patient pockets. Read more »
September 26, 2023
South Africa: Government Opens Public Comments On Policy to End Captive Lion Breeding
A draft government policy proposes to end the keeping of lions for commercial purposes, as well as phasing out intensive commercial breeding of rhinos and regulating leopard… Read more »
September 13, 2023
South Africa: Cape's Missing Great White Shark Mystery Solved, With Implications for Cross-Border Conservation
When two orcas arrived in False Bay, Cape Town, great white shark sightings dropped dramatically. Eight years later, the sharks still haven't returned. Read more »
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