Post courtesy Simon Bloch – Sunday Argus – January 20th 2013 A day after the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force announced its intention to bring a high court application against the country’s wildlife authority for selling baby elephants to zoos in China, its chairman and animal rights campaigner, Johnny Rodrigues, declared a huge a victory to …
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, …
Ian Michler’s diary: the rhino crisis
The rhino crisis : Legalising horn trade is not a solution Almost 950 rhinos have been killed illegally in South Africa since January 2010. It’s an alarming statistic, and it points to a major crisis. At the World Economic Forum at Davos in January, German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke about Greece and its huge debt …
Sanya Rhino Farm in China
The images above, likely to be some of the very first ever taken, show rhino being kept under harsh conditions at the Sanya rhino facility in China. And most, if not all of these animals are thought to have come from South African stocks, sold to China through the SANParks auctions or by private ranch …
More lion statistics
The CITES stats I referred to in a previous blog are a comprehensive set of numbers covering everything from trophies to the export of claws and other body parts for 2008/9. They make for astounding reading and give a clear picture of how extensive breeding, trading and hunting has become in South Africa. Because supplying …
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Rhino guy banned for wearing ‘horn’
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Year of the snake
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Thandora death shocks experts
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What Will It Take to Save the East African Lion from Extinction? Hunting or Herding?
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The sky-diving leopard
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Thandora death shocks experts
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Bizarre lion behaviour in the Okavango Delta
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Second round of treatments for Elandela rhinos
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Founder’s note: June 2013
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Is Fencing in Our Big Cats for the Best?
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Elaine Harrington: I will have the opportunity to kiss one of these b...
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wwalford: While you feel sorry for the young gazelle it is a...
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Victoria: We are going summer 2014, can't wait!...
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