As the world celebrates the Year of the Tiger, a new report by animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS, highlights how the South African government has allowed the breeding of tigers for commercial trade in body parts and derivatives and calls for an end to this inhumane industry.
The iconic hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) isn’t known for keeping its mouth shut. The giant semiaquatic mammals make a “wheeze honk” with members of their social group that can be heard more than 1 kilometer away.
From the air, Namibia is a maze of paths – some start as wide animal highways and merge into a single track before trailing off into dust, while others are long and deep, etching a path that crosses rivers, borders and memory.
Every month, Facebook attracts 2.89 billion active users. Every minute there are hundreds of thousands of comments and status updates. Each could be discussing anything, including extremist views, or the sale of endangered wildlife across continents.
Humans have hunted Africa’s animals since the dawn of time, but the arrival of European guns in the 17th century changed the scale of predation.
I was shocked to read about the sudden closure of a well-known luxury safari operation in the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania. My dismay was not only because I personally know the owners of this wonderful operation and know what a terrible blow this must be to them.
