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Elephant culling ‘last resort’ as MPs warn of crisis in reserves
Deputy environment minister insists culling will only be used with approval, but MPs and animal welfare groups say governance failures and delays in humane interventions are…
Botswana president lauded for threatening to ‘gift’ Germany with 20 000 elephants over trophy hunting dispute
President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said that a ban on importing of hunting trophies would impoverish the African country’s citizens
Elephants culled as ‘last resort’ after non-lethal methods fail
Minister Barbara Creecy said electric fences, bees and other methods were tried before the elephants were killed This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers.…
High court suspends environment department’s trophy hunting quota for black rhinos, leopards and elephants
Interim interdict ‘spares death’ of 170 animals at the hands of hunters, judge says
UK decision to ban trophy-hunting imports disregards South Africa’s conservation success, government says
Animal rights groups say trophy hunting is unsustainable in sub-Saharan Africa, but research finds a ban on imports could have negative socioeconomic consequences
Rhino owners damn Creecy report
Private rhino owners say the environment minister’s proposed policy is in conflict with existing legislation and their legal rights
Wildlife owners may target state
South Africa has about 350 facilities with 8 000 to 12 000 lions bred in captivity for commercial use in cub petting, canned hunting and the lion bone and other body parts trade.
Did Botswana execute ‘poachers’ ?
The Botswana Defence Force’s anti-poaching unit has long been accused of a ‘shoot to kill’ policy. Over 20 years the unit has killed 30 Namibians and 22 Zimbabweans
Elephants in the room
Science should lead the way in society’s efforts to protect habitats, wildlife and people’s livelihoods
Ban on sending wild elephants to zoos a step closer
A large majority of countries voted in Geneva to prohibit the transfer of elephants caught in the wild to so-called captive facilities
Elephants reduced to a political football as Botswana brings back hunting
Lifting the trophy hunting moratorium in Botswana is more about politics and less about elephant conservation
New survey raises concerns about elephant poaching in Botswana
There is a significant elephant-poaching problem in northern Botswana that has likely been going on for over a year
NSPCA to take action against Joburg zoo over elephant
The NSPCA is calling for the zoo’s sole elephant to be released and is prepared to take legal action to see it done
Botswana fights claims of elephant poaching spree
Elephants Without Borders claimed two weeks ago that it had discovered at least 87 elephant carcasses during a routine aerial survey
Botswana elephant massacre ‘largest to date’
Nearly 90 elephants have been killed for ivory in Botswana, according to a wildlife charity. But the government has cast doubt on the figure