By Martina Polley, Conservation Action Trust A farmer has shot a leopard, which was collared for research, in the Boesmanland area in the Northern Cape […]
Tag: South Africa
Operation Crash: U.S. Indicts Groenewald Brothers for Rhino Horn Trafficking
South Africans Dawie Groenewald and his brother Janneman have been charged in the United States with conspiracy to sell illegal rhino hunts, and numerous related […]
Europeans Opposed to Canned Hunting Explore Ways of Banning Lion Trophies
By Martina Polley, Conservation Action Trust Conservationist Ian Michler met European lawyers, politicians, NGOs and the media this month to discuss ways of introducing a […]
Are South Africa’s Wild Elephants Heading for Captivity?
by Glynis O’Hara Yes, say conservationists, if proposals to change South Africa’s Elephant Norms and Standards (ENS) law are accepted by the Department of Environmental […]
Rhino Horn ‘Infusion’ Claims Under Scrutiny in South Africa
First, they called it rhino horn “poisoning”, then “infusion”, and now “devaluation”. The Rhino Rescue Project in South Africa says its controversial anti-poaching measure — […]
South Africa’s Rhino Horn ‘Trade Feasibility Panel’ Still Undisclosed
by Cindy Tilney, courtesy of Conservation Action Trust On August 12, Minister Edna Molewa announced South Africa’s intention to implement an integrated management strategy to […]
Mock Ivory Burn Sends Clear Signal to South Africa
by Martina Polley, Conservation Action Trust Cape Town, South Africa (August 12, 2014) – All over the world today, people who care are paying homage […]
Elephant Poachers Penetrate South African Borders Again
by Cindy Tilney A second elephant has been butchered for its tusks by poachers in Parfuri, northern Kruger National Park, 10km in from the Mozambican and […]
South Africa’s Game Industry Insiders Continue to Evade Punishment for Rhino Crimes
Should the international community take a closer look at South Africa’s role in rhino horn trafficking? In 2003, an unexpected criminal element was taking root […]
Call for Trade Embargo Against Mozambique for Failure to Address Poaching Issues
by Cindy Tilney Two international environmental organisations have called on the US government to implement trade sanctions against Mozambique for its official complicity in the […]