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The animals, formerly owned by rhino breeder John Hume, are expected to significantly boost biodiversity in their new home. Photo: Michael Dexter
AFRICAN PARKS

120 captive rhinos moved to the Greater Kruger wild

The animals, formerly owned by rhino breeder John Hume, are expected to significantly boost biodiversity in their new home

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Giraffe in the boma before being released into the wild in Iona National Park, Angola. Photo by Casey Crafford
AFRICAN PARKS

Fourteen giraffes find new home in Angola

The animals have been successfully moved from Namibia in an effort to restore ecological balance

  • Lesego Chepape
4 min read
The controversial 10-year translocation endeavour will drain African cheetah populations and scarce conservation resources, say wildlife experts
ASIAN CHEETAH

Conservation potential being ‘squandered’ by SA-India cheetah project

The controversial 10-year translocation endeavour will drain African cheetah populations and scarce conservation resources, say wildlife experts

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Project: An African cheetah. India wants to reintroduce the cats after being declared extinct in the 1950s. Photo: Noah Seelam/Getty Images
CHEETAH DEATHS

Second cheetah from South Africa dies in India

The adult female was one of 20 cheetahs from South Africa in addition to eight cats from Namibia

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
South African experts involved in the introduction of cheetah to India say botulism from contaminated water may to be blame (Supplied by DFFE)
ADRIAN TORDIFFE

Cheetah from South Africa dies in India

South African experts involved in the introduction of cheetah to India say botulism from contaminated water may to be blame

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Scientists on both sides weigh in as concerns are raised over animals’ welfare and viability of ambitious project to repopulate Asian savannah. (Supplied by DFFE)
BIG CATS

South African cheetahs arrive safely in India, now conservationists wait to see whether the big cats can thrive

Scientists on both sides weigh in as concerns are raised over animals’ welfare and viability of ambitious project to repopulate Asian savannah But questions remain over viability…

  • Sheree Bega
9 min read
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases wild Cheetahs which had become extinct from India, in Kuno National Park, in Madhya Pradesh, India on September 17, 2022. (Photo by Press Information Bureau/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
AFRICA

SA’s cheetahs destined for India ‘may be compromised’

Concerns remain that the translocation of African cheetahs to India is is ‘ecologically unsound’ and a ‘vanity project’

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
ASIASTIC CHEETAH

Claws out over project sending Southern African cheetahs to India

Claws out over project sending Southern African cheetahs to India

  • Sheree Bega
9 min read
More than 40 years after they were wiped out, more than 40 rhinos are being reintroduced to the Zinave National Park in Mozambique in what has been hailed as a “historic return” of the species.
BARBARA CREECY

Rhinos to return to Mozambique’s ‘silent park’

More than 40 critically endangered black rhino and near-threatened white rhino will be reintroduced to the Zinave National Park

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
ASHIA CHEETAH CONSERVATION

After 60 years, cheetahs return to Maputo Special Reserve

Historic conservation milestone for rewilding project in Mozambique

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read
AFRICAN CENTRE FOR CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRACY

Plan to uproot 100 000 trees in Limpopo ‘sacrilege’, says baobab expert

Relocating ancient trees such as the baobab is possible but comes at a cost to its micro-habitat

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read