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Last resort: Deputy Minister Narend Singh says provinces will have to provide scientific evidence of why any of the other options are not applicable.  Photo: DFFE

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…

Former forestry, fisheries and the environment minister Dion George. (@DrDionGeorge/X)

Civil society groups urge Ramaphosa to block DA plan to replace environment minister

Civil society and animal welfare groups have urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to reject the proposal to replace Dion George with Willem Aucamp

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Cruelty case: Limpopo man pleads guilty to smoking bong with live snake inside

NSPCA prosecutes Dirk de Jager, of Modjadjiskloof, in Limpopo, over viral video

A protest on the Taliep Petersen Bridge on Nelson Mandela Boulevard in Cape Town on Monday against live animal export and the cattle ship in Cape Town Harbour on 19 February 2024. (Photo: Gallo Images / ER Lombard)

End the practice of shipping livestock by sea

Cows on a ship in Cape Town in a horrible situation lead to more calls for it to end

For more than 30 years, Cora Bailey has dedicated her life’s work to helping poverty-stricken people and their pets in the west of Joburg. (Photos: Delwyn Verasamy, M&G)

Cora Bailey: A hero helping people and pets on the West Rand

For more than 30 years, Cora Bailey has dedicated her life’s work to helping poverty-stricken people and their pets in the west of Joburg

With high rates of sexual violence in the country, it’s not surprising that bestiality exists. (Getty)

Why SA’s law recognises bestiality as akin to sexual violations against people

With high rates of sexual violence in the country, it’s not surprising that bestiality exists.

South Africa has split the animal welfare mandate between the department of forestry, fisheries and the environment (DFFE) and the department of agriculture, land reform and rural development.
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Animal welfare bill being developed in isolation

Two government departments are working separately and animal rights groups are not being consulted, concerned groups say

Tigers are not native to South Africa, so here are some useful tips on what to do if you encounter a tiger. (AFP)

More than 2000 tigers killed and trafficked this century — report

With an average of more than 120 illegally trafficked tigers seized each year, Traffic warned there was little sign of respite for the species.

Police and SPCA officials discovered more than 50 dead pigs with the remaining 85 cannibalising on rotten carcasses on Thandi Modise’s farm near Potchefstroom.

Retail giants take the lead in animal welfare

Sow crates will soon be phased out with Pick n Pay and Woolworths announcing its commitment to accelerate the progress on the welfare of pigs in SA.

Lack of service delivery in Durban Deep

Services for all – even the animals

Lack of service delivery in Durban Deep, Johannesburg, has not only affected people, but the animals at the Claw shelter too.

Animal activists slam new traps

Animal activists and farmers are up in arms about draft government regulations for the "management of damage-causing animals".

People too poor for pets

People too poor for pets

Man’s best friends are paying a high price for South Africa’s economic slump and emigration — more pets are being abandoned than ever.

‘Legalise dog racing’

Thembelihle Tshabalala reports on attempts to remove the official ban on greyhound racing.

No dog’s life following $8bn bequest

Deceased hotelier Leona Helmsley, who bequeathed $12-million to her pet dog, has left the rest of her multibillion-dollar estate to animal welfare.