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Forest elephants have finally been granted species status (something scientists have known for decades). With this has come the appalling IUCN classification of ‘critically endangered’

CEO note: Makeup monkey + elephant hunting

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The mandrill is a colourful, tool-using, socially complex monkey that lives in groups called hordes in the forests of western Central Africa.

CEO note: ‘Problem’ lions + Africa’s 11 dog species

Botswana elephant hunting: The Botswanan government has granted 287 licenses after the previous season was disrupted by Covid

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New research from Botswana shows that translocating lions in conflict with livestock owners is expensive and results in high lion mortality, repeat offences and very little reduction in human-lion conflict.

Today, 11 African canids, from excitable African painted wolves and shrewd jackals to the tiny fox species, hunt the continent’s desert, alpine grassland, savanna and woodland.  

CEO note: Question: Largest mammal migration on Earth?

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The Kasanka bat migration in Zambia is the largest mammal migration on planet earth. It’s a spectacular must-see for nature lovers