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Cruel and needless — the grim truth about wildlife farming exposed in new report

South Africa

Cruel and needless — the grim truth about wildlife farming exposed in new report

By Don Pinnock

Meat the pioneers – Cape firm makes Africa’s first lab-grown burger, with a side order of conscience

Business Maverick

Meat the pioneers – Cape firm makes Africa’s first lab-grown burger, with a side order of conscience

By Jennifer Smout

Primates off the menu - Solving the problem of central Africa’s bushmeat trade

Africa

Primates off the menu - Solving the problem of central Africa’s bushmeat trade

By Ed Stoddard

South Africa’s cave-dwelling bats need more protection – to keep people safe too

Magazine

South Africa’s cave-dwelling bats need more protection – to keep people safe too

By Mariëtte Pretorius

SARS-CoV-2 relatives found in bats and pangolins in Thailand

World

SARS-CoV-2 relatives found in bats and pangolins in Thailand

By Tiara Walters

Covid-19 has taught us we cannot separate social from environmental justice

South Africa

Covid-19 has taught us we cannot separate social from environmental justice

By Tatjana von Bormann

Zoonotic disease: Study warns about cuddling, keeping and slaughtering farmed lions

South Africa

Zoonotic disease: Study warns about cuddling, keeping and slaughtering farmed lions

By Louise de Waal

Covid-19: A terrifying glimpse of a future where overpopulation and climate crisis overwhelm Earth

World

Covid-19: A terrifying glimpse of a future where overpopulation and climate crisis overwhelm Earth

By Mark Tomlinson

Why the wildlife trade convention failed to prevent Covid-19

World

Why the wildlife trade convention failed to prevent Covid-19

By Don Pinnock