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Bushmeat

Elite hunting and smuggling syndicate threatens Tanzania’s Masai giraffe

Our Burning Planet

Elite hunting and smuggling syndicate threatens Tanzania’s Masai giraffe

By Willis Okumu for ISS Today

Hit on Kruger Park buffaloes - at least 135 bovids dead out of 415 animals snared across species in 2023

South Africa

Hit on Kruger Park buffaloes - at least 135 bovids dead out of 415 animals snared across species in 2023

By Tiara Walters

Decline in Kruger rhino-poaching rates woefully drives shift to commercial bushmeat, reveals park ranger

Our Burning Planet

Decline in Kruger rhino-poaching rates woefully drives shift to commercial bushmeat, reveals park ranger

By Tiara Walters

Translocation of SA cheetahs to India — ‘there is going to be a lot of heartache and pain’

Africa

Translocation of SA cheetahs to India — ‘there is going to be a lot of heartache and pain’

By Don Pinnock

On patrol with the Black Mambas, the all-female anti-poaching unit in the Greater Kruger area

South Africa

On patrol with the Black Mambas, the all-female anti-poaching unit in the Greater Kruger area

By Valeria van der Westhuizen for Roving Reporters

African forest plunder condemns chimpanzees to miserable lives in zoos

Africa

African forest plunder condemns chimpanzees to miserable lives in zoos

By Don Pinnock

Lockdown: Good news for rhinos, bad news for other animals

South Africa

Lockdown: Good news for rhinos, bad news for other animals

By Shiraaz Mohamed

How the Coronavirus changes poaching strategies

Africa

How the Coronavirus changes poaching strategies

By Don Pinnock

Living with wild animals (Part Two): Eat them like there’s no tomorrow

South Africa

Living with wild animals (Part Two): Eat them like there’s no tomorrow

By Don Pinnock

New outbreak of Ebola kills 17 in northwest DR Congo

Africa

New outbreak of Ebola kills 17 in northwest DR Congo

By AFP

Congo: Sniffing out wildlife crime – and the corruption at its core

Africa

Congo: Sniffing out wildlife crime – and the corruption at its core

By Zanne Labuschagne

Deadly Ebola virus spreads from rural Guinea to capital

Africa

Deadly Ebola virus spreads from rural Guinea to capital

By Reuters