by Adam Cruise | Nov 12, 2025 | Commentary
By Don Pinnock – Daily Maverick The move to oust the environment minister exposes a deeper hijacking – of the National Elephant Heritage Strategy, of policy integrity and of conservation itself. When South Africa’s National Elephant Heritage...
by Adam Cruise | Sep 29, 2025 | News
By Gia Radnai – Lowvelder Limpopo, a 19-year-old female elephant, was euthanised after fatally goring senior carer Israel Shambira at the Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development Trust (HERD) on September 13.Shambira, a long-serving and trusted member...
by Adam Cruise | May 18, 2025 | Commentary
By Adam Cruise – The Bateleurs Many years ago, while camping in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, I discovered a relatively unknown African philosophical concept that epitomises how we should look at the natural environment. Ukama. I had arrived at a remote camp...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 13, 2024 | News
By Nancy Odindo, Tuko Police officers from Mtwapa Police Station, along with Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers, have arrested two Tanzanian nationals allegedly involved in the illegal ivory trade. Paul Kuya and Paul Telek were nabbed from their hideout in Majengo,...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 31, 2024 | News
By Frontiers, Phys.org In the past, African giant pouched rats have learned to detect explosives and the tuberculosis-causing pathogen. Now, a team of researchers have trained these rats to pick up the scent of pangolin scales, elephant ivory, rhino horn, and African...
