Cheetahs in the Serengeti National Park change their behaviour when handling large kills based on the threats present by lions and hyenas, according to researchers.

The Zambia National Community Resources Board Association (ZNCRBA) has called for the immediate suspension of trophy hunting in all hunting blocks until the government releases all funds owed to communities through the individual Community Resource Boards (CRBs).

The internet gives wildlife traders new tools for illegal trade‚ and others the means to fight back.

Southern African nations are threatening to quit the global wildlife trade regulator after it refused to relax restrictions on trade in ivory and rhino horn and imposed a near total ban on zoos taking African elephants captured in the wild.

South African rhino farmers own half of the rhino population in the country - an estimated 15 000 to 18 000 rhinos - but many of them have already started to get rid of their animals and are considering discontinuing rhino farming, as it is not profitable.

In the midst of the complex debate about whether or not to trade in rhino horn, I would like to address one important subplot: