9+ hour, 6+ min ago  (513+ words) The illegal sale of indigenous wildlife is a constant ongoing crime and the visibility of this illegal trade is of great concern. "Day after day, animals are stolen from the wild and displayed on the side of our roads as…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (568+ words) HLUHLUWE " Five suspected rhino poachers were shot dead during a gun-battle with police at a roadblock near Hluhluwe-i Mfolozi Park in northern Kwa Zulu-Natal on Saturday evening, threatening to reverse the province's remarkable success in combating wildlife crime. The shootout…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (294+ words) ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK, Namibia " Namibian authorities have arrested 14 suspects in connection with eight rhino poaching cases reported from January to April this year. Seven of the rhinos were poached in Etosha National Park, while one case was recorded on a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (969+ words) The debate in Milnerton has escalated over the use of animals in travelling circuses, with Mc Laren Circus strongly opposing allegations made by Beauty Without Cruelty South Africa (BWC). The circus maintains that it is fully compliant with all legal…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (507+ words) South Africa's Kruger National Park will celebrate 100 years of conservation excellence on 31 May, marking a century since the country's first national park was established in 1926. The park, which stretches across 19 623 square kilometres in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, has become a…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (407+ words) At just 14 years old, Romario Valentine is already making waves in conservation, using his passion for nature, art and activism to help protect some of the world's most vulnerable seabirds. Through his Back a Buddy fundraising campaign, the young environmentalist…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (526+ words) CAPE TOWN " The City of Cape Town is planning a major expansion of its nature reserve network, with the Table Bay Nature Reserve in Milnerton among five reserves set to grow, while two new reserves are proposed for the Helderberg…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (520+ words) BETHLEHEM "Five lions rescued from the Panthera Africa Big Cat Sanctuary in the Western Cape are adapting well following their emergency relocation to the Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary in Bethlehem in the Free State, after devastating wildfires swept through the…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (393+ words) CAPE TOWN " The planning and development of the proposed sanctuary for two baboon troops in the Southern Peninsula is currently underway, the City of Cape Town confirmed. Last year, the Cape Peninsula Baboon Action Plan for relocating the primates was…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (399+ words) GANSBAAI " In the pristine waters off Gansbaai, where the Indian and Atlantic oceans converge, Marine Dynamics has established itself as more than just another tourism operator. This internationally recognised, award-winning company has become a beacon for responsible marine tourism, seamlessly…...