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illegal wildlife trade

Where is Zimbabwe’s cyanide queen? Li Song, wanted over wildlife poisoning, skips bail

Africa

Where is Zimbabwe’s cyanide queen? Li Song, wanted over wildlife poisoning, skips bail

By Pamenus Tuso

Prince William brings Earthshot to Africa and launches global support for rangers

Africa

Prince William brings Earthshot to Africa and launches global support for rangers

By Julia Evans

South Africa exports millions of creatures great and small in shadowy global wildlife trade

South Africa

South Africa exports millions of creatures great and small in shadowy global wildlife trade

By Don Pinnock

Horrific cruelty – legal trade and lack of protection are decimating South Africa’s primates

Our Burning Planet

Horrific cruelty – legal trade and lack of protection are decimating South Africa’s primates

By Don Pinnock

Back to the wild: The painstaking, often heartbreaking process of returning poached pangolins to their natural habitat

South Africa

Back to the wild: The painstaking, often heartbreaking process of returning poached pangolins to their natural habitat

By Shiraaz Mohamed

Bones of contention – fate of thousands of captive lions in SA depends on implementation of government report findings

Our Burning Planet

Bones of contention – fate of thousands of captive lions in SA depends on implementation of government report findings

By Don Pinnock

SA’s dwindling chameleon populations and how you can encourage them back to your garden

South Africa

SA’s dwindling chameleon populations and how you can encourage them back to your garden

By Tyrone Ping

Continental trafficking could signal the last flight for African grey parrots

Africa

Continental trafficking could signal the last flight for African grey parrots

By Mohamed Daghar for ISS TODAY

Sea cucumber smuggling from East Africa to China threatening livelihoods and ecosystems

Africa

Sea cucumber smuggling from East Africa to China threatening livelihoods and ecosystems

By Willis Okumu for ISS Today

More rhinos are being killed for their horns — and it’s not just the poachers who are to blame

South Africa

More rhinos are being killed for their horns — and it’s not just the poachers who are to blame

By Georgie Pearce

Recipe for disaster: All the ingredients to make the perfect pandemic

World

Recipe for disaster: All the ingredients to make the perfect pandemic

By Onke Ngcuka