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Authorities ducking and diving over Umbabat lion trophy hunt
SOUTH AFRICA - An extraordinary cat and mouse game is being played out in Mpumalanga over the baiting and shooting of what could be a much-loved Umbabat Reserve pride male lion named Skye. Sin...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Adam Cruise
South African Donkeys slaughtered for bogus Chinese medicine
South Africa is implicated in the supply of donkeys for Chinese medicine reveals a report released today, World Donkey Day. The Donkeys are slaughtered in great numbers for their skins and expor...Published: 08 May 2018 at 11:21hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Europeans are major smugglers of Southern African reptiles
The European Union is a major destination for illegally smuggled live snakes, lizards and tortoises from southern Africa, posing a serious threat to their conservation. Wealthy EU citizens are big col...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 10:00hrs | 15 | by Adam Cruise
U.S. the biggest importer of endangered African wildlife trophies
The United States remains the biggest importer of trophy-hunted endangered animals in the world in spite of Donald Trump's recent public comments overturning a decision by the US Departmen...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 09:02hrs | 11 | by Adam Cruise
Confusion as Zimbabwe promises review of elephant exports amidst global condemnation
Three weeks after 31 young elephants were exported, presumedly to China, Zimbabw...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 10:37hrs | 3 | by Adam Cruise and Christina Russo
Elephant calves exported from Zimbabwe as China bans ivory trade
China has reportedly imported more than 30 wild caught elephant calves from Zimbabwe in a controversial if not cynical move which took place on the very day China banned the sale of ivory.31 w...Published: 02 Jan 2018 at 13:20hrs | 22 | by Christina Russo and Adam Cruise
Elephants and mango crops saved in difficult rescue
Three bull elephants were saved from being shot and further damage to mango orchards averted after the bulls broke through the fences of a game reserve bordering the Kruger Park, raiding local farms a...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 11:22hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Irregularities surrounding death of Cecil the Lion's son
The death of Cecil's son, Xanda at the hands of trophy hunters on 7 July is mired in confusion. He was shot just outside Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, near the spot his father had been killed by Am...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 09:27hrs | | by Adam Cruise
More elephants poisoned in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park
More than 14 elephants, including a mother and her young calf, have been poisoned in and around Zimbabwe's premier game reserve, Hwange National Park. Most of the poisoned elephants died near the sout...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 10:09hrs | | by Adam Cruise
More questions than answers as Kruger Park continues shooting buffalo
Confused explanations at a public meeting in Skukuza on Saturday are concerning stakeholders as the Kruger National Park forges ahead with its program of shooting buffalo as part of a sustainable offt...Published: 13 Mar 2017 at 11:08hrs | 1 | by Adam Cruise
Zimbabwe plans to sell its ivory stockpile to China, except… it can't
Zimbabwe Minister wants to sell her country's supposed US$10 billion ivory stockpile to China using a possible international legal loophole. However, experts reply that not only is the minister misinf...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 07:08hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Baby elephants from Zimbabwe headed for Chinese zoos!
Thirty seven baby elephants forcibly taken from their mothers in the wild in Hwange National Park are about to be flown to Chinese zoos, despite an international outcry against previous exports&...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 12:29hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Fate of Africa's Elephants Hangs in the Balance after COP 17
A golden opportunity to stop the catastrophic decline of Africa's elephants had been missed as CoP17 wrapped up in Johannesburg yesterday.Following the results from the Great Elephant Census a...Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 11:11hrs | | by Adam Cruise
European Union puts African elephants in jeopardy
The first act of the EU as a full member of The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), may well jeopardise the future of African elephants.At ...Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 11:14hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Hunters hold African wildlife to ransom
The worlds wealthiest hunting organization, Safari Club International (SCI) and professional hunting groups, met behind closed doors with the South African Department of Environment (DEA) ...Published: 21 Nov 2015 at 07:34hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Poacher killed in Zimbabwe may have come from Kruger
One of Kruger National Park's biggest bull elephants is suspected of being killed by Zimbabwean hunters as he strayed out of the protection of the national park and into Zimbabwe. Initial info...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 16:56hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Zimbabwe fails to punish Cecil's killers
Zimbabwe has all but let Cecil's killers off the hook as Mugabe's wife says hunter did nothing wrong."I say the dentist who killed the lion must be left alone," said Mrs Mugabe, adding that th...Published: 14 Sep 2015 at 13:05hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Zimbabwean authorities say killing Cecil the lion was definitely illegal
Despite belated claims by American dentist Walter Palmer and Theo Bronkhorst, the professional hunter from Bushman Safaris that killing Cecil the lion was legal, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Manage...Published: 03 Aug 2015 at 07:46hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Captive Bred or Canned Hunting - a play on words
According to South Africa's Minister for Environment Affairs, Edna Molewa, there is a big difference between shooting of captive-bred versus shooting of canned lions. In an article pub...Published: 03 Jun 2015 at 10:39hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Zimbabwe hunting revenue decline by 30%
Zimbabwe recorded a 30% decline in revenue from sport hunting since the United States banned all ivory and elephant trophies from Zimbabwe last April, an official said at the end of last month....Published: 18 Feb 2015 at 12:39hrs | 2 | by Adam Cruise
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