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Rescued elephant ‘thanks’ rangers

Posted on March 13, 2012 | No Comments
Mahikeng – An elephant calf lifted his little trunk in an apparent gesture of trust and pressed it against each of the three rangers who saved him from drowning on...
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Horns poisoned to save rhinos

Posted on January 13, 2012 | 1 Comment
A Western Cape game reserve owner has resorted to desperate measures against rhino poaching and has injected poison into the horns of the three rhino on his Inverdoorn reserve outside...
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Touched by a Wild Mountain Gorilla

Posted on January 9, 2012 | No Comments
An amazing chance encounter with a troop of wild mountain gorillas near Bwindi National Park, Uganda. Click on the photo to view the encounter on YouTube Touched by a Wild...
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Crossways: SA’s first town of the future

Posted on January 6, 2012 | 3 Comments
A start has been made with construction of South Africa’s first “green” town that in time is expected to operate largely independently of the national energy grid. It will also...
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Poachers devise new tricks to evade detection (Zimbabwe)

Posted on September 8, 2011 | 1 Comment
CHIPO MASARA,The Standard 28 August 2011 From fresh reports of illegal hunting in Zimbabwe, it would appear as though the poachers are adamant on wiping out all wildlife and as...
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Protecting South African rhinos

Posted on September 2, 2011 | 1 Comment
Conservation bodies, private reserve owners and the public are coming together to wage war against the onslaught of rhino poaching that is taking place within South Africa’s borders. The Wilderness...
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Poacher shot dead, 7 arrested

Posted on August 29, 2011 | No Comments
Johannesburg – A man was shot dead, another wounded, and six others arrested when police foiled two rhino poaching attempts in Limpopo on Sunday, a spokesperson said. Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi...
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Aquila rhino fights for its life

Posted on August 24, 2011 | No Comments
A tragic loss and yet another rhino death scarred SA’s tourism industry this past weekend as groups of rhino poachers attacked three of the herd of six resident rhinos living...
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$There was recently an article published in the Times (“A Misdirected Frenzy”, 12 August 2011) where the author, Sandy van Hoogstraten, talks about the huge issue of fracking and brings...$
Fracking – does the blame lie with us?

Posted on August 18, 2011 | No Comments
There was recently an article published in the Times (“A Misdirected Frenzy”, 12 August 2011) where the author, Sandy van Hoogstraten, talks about the huge issue of fracking and brings...
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Poachers, prostitutes and profit

Posted on August 11, 2011 | No Comments
A statement to police that led to the arrest of the leader of an alleged Thai rhino poaching syndicate exposes the sleaze in the officially sanctioned shooting of this endangered...
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