Conservation
Elephant tramples suspected poacher to death
15 May 2013 | Kati Auld
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An elephant turned the tables on a poacher in Zimbabwe recently. The elephant escaped with its life; the poacher did not.
Rhino poaching news: KZN game reserve to introduce anti-poaching dogs
10 May 2013 | Athenkosi Matyalana - Intern
&Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu Natal has announced that five specially selected dogs and their handlers will undergo an intensive 10-week training course to help fight rhino poaching in the area.
A flutter of hope for butterflies
9 May 2013 | Hannelie Van As
Butterflies are a symbol of new beginnings, and when the South African lepidopterists recently found a species they thought to be extinct, these beautiful insects also became a symbol of hope.
8 arrested for suspected rhino poaching
3 May 2013 | Athenkosi Matyalana - Intern
Eight people have been arrested in connection to rhino poaching. According to South African National Parks, five suspected rhino poachers en route to commit poaching in the Timbavati Private Game Reserve.
Last 15 rhinos poached from Limpopo National Park
29 April 2013 | Kati Auld
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The latest news on rhino poaching: apparently all 300 rhino in the Limpopo National Park have now been poached, and 30 rangers are to go on trial regarding their involvement in the matter.
Re-introducing serval – one of Africa’s 10 indigenous wild cats
29 April 2013 | Claire Allison
Over the last century, the serval became extinct in the Cape provinces of South Africa, but private game reserves in the Eastern Cape have begun re-introducing the species in the hopes of contributing to the eventual re-establishment of these wild cats in the region.
New species of “panda bat” discovered in South Sudan
11 April 2013 | Kati Auld
A bat has recently been discovered in South Sudan which is not only a new species, but a new genus.
Kariega celebrates birth of rhino calf
28 March 2013 | Claire Allison
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In March 2012, three white rhinos were brutally poached on Kariega Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape. Miraculously one of the rhinos survived and, as fate would have it, almost exactly one year later, Kariega welcomes a new rhino calf to their game reserve.
Travelling sea turtles
13 March 2013 | Don Pinnock
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Out there in the watery blue beyond are whole communities linked to the Earth’s cycles, which we’re only just beginning to understand.
Responsible Travel: what is it all about?
6 March 2013 | Claire Allison
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Working for a non-profit organisation that uses tourism as an economic platform to create and sustain jobs in rural Africa, I’m exposed to the positive impact of responsible tourism on the lives of the people affected by it more than your average person. But what does it really mean to be a respon
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