by Adam Cruise | Mar 24, 2025 | Commentary
By Peter Borchert, iFaw Elephants need water—lots of it. Depending on their size, they must drink 100 to 200 litres at least every two to three days to avoid potentially severe dehydration. In hot weather, an elephant can lose as much as 7.5% of its body mass daily...
by Adam Cruise | Mar 20, 2025 | Commentary
By Adam Cruise – Daily Maverick The draft strategy is skewed in favour of anthropocentric benefits – economic, spiritual and cultural – and cannot function in practical terms. South Africa’s Draft National Elephant Heritage Strategy, which closed to public...
by Adam Cruise | Mar 19, 2025 | News
By EnviroNews Nigeria In spite of its values to national development in tourism sector, concerned citizens note that illegal logging, poaching, and encroachment by farmers once threatened its rich ecosystem, home to the endangered African forest elephant and the...
by Adam Cruise | Mar 19, 2025 | Studies
By Nate Scharping – Marquette Today Marquette professors and students are co-leading an international team conducting first-of-its-kind research into the rich array of life made possible each time an elephant dies and its carcass decomposes in the wild. In March...
by Adam Cruise | Mar 13, 2025 | Commentary
By Adam Cruise – The Bateleurs One of the central pillars of wildlife conservation, particularly in southern Africa, is the notion that if wild species are to be conserved, they must have economic value. The basic thinking behind this concept is that if animals...
