Comment – teamAG – Friday 03 September 2021
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Comment – teamAG – Friday 27 August 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 27 August 2021
Leopard conservation in South Africa
Leopard conservation in South Africa requires a metapopulation strategy and a sustained, transparent commitment from government – expert opinion
Comment – teamAG – Friday 20 August 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 20 August 2021
Why rural communities choose wildlife hunting over cattle
Rural communities choose wildlife over cattle if they see and enjoy long term benefits from trophy hunting – says Namibian community member
Comment – teamAG – Friday 13 August 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 13 August 2021
Trophy hunters kill another breeding Hwange lion – Mopane
Trophy hunters kill another breeding lion (named Mopane) from Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park – in a mirror of the Cecil tragedy
Forest elephant – endangered gardeners
Forest elephant numbers are believed to have plummeted 86% in just 31 years yet their role in maintaining forest ecosystems is critical.
Comment – teamAG – Friday 06 August 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 06 August 2021
CEO note: Another giant elephant hunted
CEO note: Another giant elephant hunted
Another giant elephant trophy hunted – is this conservation?
Another giant elephant shot in Botswana. What are the consequences for elephants, local communities, and hunting operations?
CEO note: The ‘elephant problem’
CEO note: The ‘elephant problem’
Mthimkhulu Game Reserve – a dream deferred
Mthimkhulu Game Reserve is 8000ha of prime land in the Greater Kruger, 50km north of Phalaborwa. It’s an area with a desperately sad past and a hopeful future. We went to have a look.
CEO note: Okavango oil scam | Luangwa Valley | Rebranding wild dogs
CEO note: Okavango oil scam | Luangwa Valley | Rebranding wild dogs
CEO note: Elephants & oranges – Greater Kruger context
CEO note: Elephants & oranges – Greater Kruger context
Casketts citrus farm and Greater Kruger are now bedfellows
The Casketts citrus farm on the Greater Kruger border is here to stay. We consider the context and settle a few rumours and untruths
Casketts citrus farm debate
Casketts citrus farm on Greater Kruger border – conservationist Trevor Jordan provides some context in this opinion post
CEO note: Safari tips + Kili ice & otters
CEO note: Safari tips + Kili ice & otters
CEO note: And the winners are …
CEO note: And the winners are …
CEO note: Finalists!
CEO note: Finalists!
The end of SA’s shameful lion breeding industry – what now happens to the lions?
Thousands of captive-bred lions in South Africa – what is to happen to them as breeding facilities are closed down
CEO note: Top 101 pics + Botswana rhino poaching
CEO note: Top 101 pics + Botswana rhino poaching
Rhino poaching in Botswana – why the smoke and mirrors?
Rhino poaching in Botswana – we try to make sense of the rumours and our CEO asks why the smoke and mirrors?
CEO note: Entries closed + behind the conservation scenes
CEO note: Entries closed + behind the conservation scenes
CEO note: Failure + spring-loaded cat + best pics
CEO note: Failure + spring-loaded cat + best pics
CEO note: Free at last + land of grey giants + best pics
CEO note: Free at last + land of grey giants + best pics
CEO note: Success | trophy hunting data | Amboseli
CEO note: Success | trophy hunting data | Amboseli
CEO note: Lions | lions | lions
CEO note: Lions | lions | lions
Chobe River lions face an uncertain future
Lions in the Chobe River area face an uncertain future – pressured by human farmers to the north and a lack of new blood from the south
CEO note: Hope 4 elephants | Mundari | safari tips
CEO note: Hope 4 elephants | Mundari | safari tips
CEO note: Lions vs giraffes | parrot voodoo | Gorongosa
CEO note: Lions vs giraffes | parrot voodoo | Gorongosa
CEO note: Elephants – good & bad news
CEO note: Elephants – good & bad news
It’s true – elephants are thriving in Namibia
Counting elephants is not easy. It itakes experience, skill and funding. The good news: elephants are thriving in Namibia.
CEO note: Makeup monkey + elephant hunting
CEO note: Makeup monkey + elephant hunting
CEO note: ‘Problem’ lions + Africa’s 11 dog species
CEO note: ‘Problem’ lions + Africa’s 11 dog species
CEO note: Question: Largest mammal migration on Earth?
CEO note: Question: Largest mammal migration on Earth?
CEO note: More shades of grey + Laikipia + jumbo ID
CEO note: More shades of grey + Laikipia + jumbo ID
Rhino poaching in Botswana – is pride hampering prevention?
Is political pride hurting efforts to stop rhino poaching in Botswana? Reports from the field suggest that rhino poaching in Botswana has reached crisis point while the government denies this is the case.
CEO note: Just in case + fences & elephants
CEO note: Just in case + fences & elephants
Do fences stop elephant migration in Botswana?
Dr Erik Verreynne discusses the claim that fences are an underlying cause of the elephant mortalities in NG11/12 in 2020 in Botswana. His assessment, based on observation of elephants, the habitat and the actual state of the fences, concludes that there is little evidence to suggest fences stop elephant migration in Seronga or that they had a measurable effect on the 2020 die-off.
CEO note: Diamonds, rhino horn and elephant auctions
CEO note: Diamonds, rhino horn and elephant auctions
CEO note: Epic images + livestock loss compensation
CEO note: Epic images + livestock loss compensation
CEO note: Hukumuri – the furore
CEO note: Hukumuri – the furore
CEO note: A poached rhino carcass & the takeaway food wrappers
CEO note: A poached rhino carcass & the takeaway food wrappers
CEO note: Those dead elephants + hyena shenanigans + best pics
CEO note: Those dead elephants + hyena shenanigans + best pics
CEO note: Kruger rhinos crash + best pics
CEO note: Kruger rhinos crash + best pics
CEO note: Gold rush + sordid past + ancient walled kingdom
CEO note: Gold rush + sordid past + ancient walled kingdom
CEO note: Best pics + Africa’s rarest parrot + jumbos from space
CEO note: Best pics + Africa’s rarest parrot + jumbos from space
CEO note: A story about perspective
CEO note: A story about perspective
CEO note: Boycott Africa + elephants vs villagers
CEO note: Boycott Africa + elephants vs villagers