By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick The debate on what to do about elephants in Botswana is frequently divided into those who want to cull them and those who don’t. At one extreme are hunter Ron Thomson and his followers, who have been lobbying the government of Botswana...
By Jovy Chan Banning the ivory trade without addressing the demand for ivory products only forces the trade underground and makes it even harder to stopHong Kong needs to ban the sale of antique ivory and remove demand before it can give elephants the protection they...
By MERRILL SAPP - Earth Island Journal Every animal has a role within its ecosystem, even if we have little knowledge of what that role is. Over summer last year, giraffes were elevated to a new height. Though they are an iconic species, giraffes have never gotten the...
By TANYA SANERIB, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - The Hill In a move that will help elephants, giraffes and other at-risk animals, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government recently finalized a bill banning trophy imports of imperiled species that will be sent to...
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick Namibia’s Community-Based Natural Resource Management is seen as a global gold standard for conservation. But a probe has found that it’s falling apart. An investigation into Namibia’s wildlife management policies and...
By Jared Kukura - Wild Things Initiative I’d be a rich man if I got a nickel every time someone said killing elephants is necessary to keep their population under control. Apparently, we’re all just supposed to ignore the fact that elephant numbers declined by more...
By Jessica Seltzer - International Policy Digest Poachers have murdered elephants for decades for their valuable ivory tusks. Now evolution has taken hold. In Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, scientists are increasingly observing elephants without tusks. While...
By Henintsoa Onivola Minoarivelo, Francisco Cervantes Peralta & Timothy Kuiper - The Conversation Africa boasts an immensely rich diversity of plant and animal species. These are the building blocks of healthy ecosystems. Yet, the projected loss of...
By Tracy Keeling - The Canary A number of concerns related to trophy hunting have come to the fore recently. South Africa has faced criticism for releasing killing quotas that lack scientific evidence to back them up. At the same time, the US authorities have come...
By Jeppe Aagaard Kristensen - The Conversation Imagine you’re in a hot air balloon flying over an African savanna in the late growing season. Below, herds of elephants, zebras, wildebeests and rhinos roam a mosaic landscape dotted with lonesome trees and daubs of...