In the first case of its kind, NGOs are taking legal action against the government for failing to adequately protect an endangered species conservationaction.co.za/birdlife-and-s…

Born Free’s Senior Wildlife Consultant Ian Redmond OBE, DSc(hc), FLS reports on the killing of much-loved ‘tusker’ elephants in Tanzania, and why recent news stories have sparked concern.
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The captive predator industry threatens the welfare of thousands of big cats kept for entertainment, hunting, and commercial trade of live animals and their body parts
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Botswana and Zimbabwe have long claimed that their elephant populations make hunting a necessity to curtail ‘unsustainable’ growth, but a recent survey contradicts this narrative conservationaction.co.za/the-numbers-do…

Will government’s new strategy really benefit people and nature, or simply lead to massive over-consumption of natural resources, creating unrealistic expectations in an attempt to win the rural vote?conservationaction.co.za/new-national-b…

The EPI Foundation has expressed its strong opposition to the reopening of domestic ivory markets, as proposed in the Republic of South Africa’s Draft National Biodiversity Economy Strategy conservationaction.co.za/domestic-ivory…

Government to slam the brakes on captive lion breeding in Environment Ministry's roadmap to end the captive lion breeding industry
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Today, millions of wild animals are raised on farms to supply a burgeoning demand for pets, parts and meat.
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Ministerial Report To Identify and Recommend Voluntary Exit Options and Pathways for the Captive Lion Industry
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The Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) and Mozambique Tax Authority (AT) intercepted a 20-foot container containing 651 pieces of elephant tusk ivory at the port of Maputo.
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South Africa has more than 75 tonnes of rhino horn stockpiled from animals EMS Foundation
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By Friday, 22 March,the public is expected to have commented on a detailed plan by the Department of Forestry,Fisheries and the Environment to massively exploit and monetise South Africa’s wildlife.The public was given just 14 days to respond Don Pinnock
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Calling out Cowards of Big Game Hunting

Hunters have taken up hunting Amboseli giants after ignoring 30 year agreement between Kenya and Tanzania that these elephants were off limits. Picture this: rich, ugly, fat old men, often from Texas, armed to the teeth with weapons so

Media release for part two of EMS Foundation 'Where Have All the Rhinos Gone?' report on South African illegal rhino horn trade
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Report published by WILDLIFE ANIMAL PROTECTION FORUM SOUTH AFRICA on the Mpumalanga Provincial Authority's cruel and unscientific management of vervet monkeys conservationaction.co.za/grave-concerns…

Simon Espley, CEO of Africa Geographic, responds to the chairman of the Tanzanian Hunting Operators Association (TAHOA)'s failure to provide accurate information specfic to the elephant hunts investigated in a recent report.
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As food fish decline, thousands of small cetaceans like dolphins and even orcas are being targeted.
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Every year, millions of creatures and plants are traded for food, pets, fashion, curios and traditional medicines. Some end up as hunting trophies. There’s a mechanism to regulate this, but it isn’t working.

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The situation for South Africa’s huge captive lion population has not improved, despite Minister Barbara Creecy announcing that the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, under her leadership, would phase out captive lion breeding in 2021
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