US to support Zimbabwe's trade in baby elephants

US zoos now plan to import baby elephants from Zimbabwe, undeterred by the international furore over their 2016 import of 18 wild elephants from Swaziland.The US Association of Zoos and Aquari...

Rescued elephant calf adopted

An orphaned baby elephant has been fully accepted into a semi-wild elephant herd at Camp Jabulani outside Hoedspruit in a rare success story. The baby elephant, Timisa, which means courageous ...

Marine experts say decision could wipe out SA's fish stocks

SA's top marine scientists are shocked by the Environmental Department's (DEA) recent decision to allow fishing in the Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area (MPA) and have announced that they will be usin...

IUCN calls on SA Government to end canned hunting

A motion to terminate the hunting and breeding of captive lions and other predators in South Africa has been approved by the IUCN World Conservation Congress currentl...

Swaziland Elephant Export Ignores Alternatives

Controversial plans are progressing to export 18 elephants from Swaziland to US zoos, apparently without proper consideration of relocating them to other reserves in Swaziland."There is space ...

SA lags behind in responsible tourism

A NSPCA report  has revealed that elephant rides are still widely available in South Africa, despite a growing international move away from the controversial practice.The report by the NS...

Is government doing enough to protect South Africa's biodiversity?

Globally environmental destruction is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Why then, the apparent complacency from government in the face of South Africa's biodiversity crisis? Threatene...