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In 2018, Mail & Guardian reported that the number of captive bears in Vietnam had dropped dramatically since 2005, from about 4 500 to less than 800 today. Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
ASIATIC BLACK BEARS

Asiatic black bear cubs saved from illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam

Two bear cubs, weighing only 2.4kg and 3.3kg, were rescued from a man intending to sell them on the illicit wildlife market

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
Being fully vaccinated ‘makes you a little bit more comfortable in your skin’, says 61-year-old Elize Parker. (David Harrison/M&G)
CLICKS PHARMACY

Covid-19 jab: a ticket of responsibility, not a ticket to freedom

Being fully vaccinated ‘makes you a little bit more comfortable in your skin’, says 61-year-old Elize Parker

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Elize Parker recieves her Covid-19 vaccination at the Karl Bremmer hospital in Bellville, Cape Town. (David Harrison/M&G)
COVID 19

Frustrated, she jumped the vaccination queue

Elize Parker took matters into her own hands by doing a Covid-19 walk-in, after she didn’t get her confirmation SMS

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read