The phrase ‘if it pays, it stays’ has frustrated me for years. I can recall countless ‘debates’ with people about the pros and cons of hunting the Big Five and the role it plays in South African conservation.My emotional pleas, citing moral responsibility to nature and our duty to future generations, were shot down and …
About Sean Messham
While taking photographs in the Cederberg, neck deep in water with a modest film camera, Sean Messham opened the shutter that he wanted to focus his energy towards environmental journalism. After finishing his Photojournalism course at Rhodes University he experienced a short stint with internal communication before finding his little niche working for bigFIG Digital Media .
Gorilla populations on the rise in Bwindi, Uganda!
The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) population in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) has increased to an estimated 400 individuals, according to the recent released results of a three-week census carried out by the Ugandan Wildlife Authority (UWA) in September and October 2011. This is an increase from the 2002 and 2006 censuses, which …
Elephant Ivory – the deadly new currency in China
The demand for elephant ivory in China is growing as wealthy Chinese citizens begin to see the ‘white gold’ as a private and business investment option. This coincides with a rise in poaching that is, arguably, as high as those in the 1980s, before ivory trade was banned. Grace Gabriel, Asia Regional Director for IFAW, …
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Anti-Poaching Breakthrough at Odzala-Kokoua National Park
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Leopard interacts strangely with a vehicle
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Elephant ‘tramples to death suspected poacher’
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Chatting to a leopard lover
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Eco-Friendly Camp in the Greater Kruger
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Proflight Zambia flies orphaned hippo to safety
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Leopard interacts strangely with a vehicle
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Madagascar by the compass
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Elephant ‘tramples to death suspected poacher’
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Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
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Chris: Sometimes animals are attracted to the exhaust gas...
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Jean Robson: You are in Africa, the real thing, not some glorif...
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