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The House of Lords is expected to pass legislation that will make it illegal for citizens to bring home any animal body part. (JENS-ULRICH KOCH/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)
CAMPAIGN TO BAN TROPHY HUNTING

UK to vote on banning its citizens from bringing hunting trophies home

South Africa is the most popular destination for British trophy hunters

  • Lyse Comins
7 min read
The South African Mint Company said it had launched rhino coins as part of its Big Five collectable series, after unveiling elephant and lion coins earlier this year. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
BIG FIVE COIN

SA Mint launches rhino coin

The coins are produced in limited quantities ranging from 500 to 2 000, depending on the demand

  • Bongeka Gumede
2 min read
At risk: South Africa, home to the world’s largest population of rhino, is critical to the conservation of this species, which are targeted by poachers. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)
BARBARA CREECY

Reservations about ‘new deal’ for rhinos, lions, elephant, leopards

Draft policy promotes species playing their role in wilderness systems but one conservationist says leopards are being sold out

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
An elephant in Hwange National Park.
CECIL

Hunters feed corrupt Zim officials

Rural communities say they receive nothing from the huge fees hunters pay to kill big game.

  • Debra Patta Author
8 min read
Protesters staked out the clinic of Walter Palmer
CECIL

Zim won’t take Zuma’s Cecil jibe lying down

President Jacob Zuma’s "undiplomatic" reaction to the death of Cecil the Lion at US hunter Walter Palmer’s hand fails to amuse in Zimbabwe.

  • David Smith
4 min read