by Adam Cruise | Oct 24, 2024 | Press Releases
23 October 2024 – The undersigned organisations are deeply concerned by the announcements by some governments in southern Africa to cull large numbers of elephants and other wild animals, including in National Parks. In late August 2024, Namibia declared it...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 22, 2024 | Commentary
By Ross Harvey – ISS Africa Substantive wildlife tourism potential should be producing rapid broad-based development in all southern African countries. Of the world’s remaining African elephants, most reside in east and southern Africa. Botswana hosts the single...
by Adam Cruise | Sep 23, 2024 | Commentary
By Don Pinnock – Daily Maverick Questions have been raised over why nine elephants including a pregnant cow and calves, were shot from a helicopter by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife authorities on Mawana Game Reserve despite there been an opportunity for non-lethal...
by Adam Cruise | Sep 14, 2024 | News
By News24 Zimbabwe’s environment minister said the country has “more elephants than it needed”. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority has been instructed to begin the culling process. The country is home to an estimated 100 000 elephants....
by Adam Cruise | Jul 23, 2022 | Commentary
By Don Pinnock – Daily Maverick Because of their size and visible effects on vegetation, Kruger Park’s elephants are a highly emotive subject, fuelling acrimonious debates, cries of ‘too many elephants’ and ‘Kruger has an elephant problem’ – followed by demands...
