by Adam Cruise | Sep 9, 2024 | News
By Jane Dalton – The Independent British high commissioner backs plan to shoot scores of endangered animals but conservationists warn of ‘dangerous precedent’. Plans by the Namibian government to kill 83 elephants and 640 other wild animals to feed the...
by Adam Cruise | Sep 2, 2024 | Commentary
By Don Pinnock – Daily Maverick Namibia is planning to shoot hundreds of animals in national parks to feed drought-hit communities — but conservationists have questioned the plan’s true intentions. With grazing for cattle drying up as the Namibian drought...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 29, 2024 | Commentary
By Adam Cruise Namibia intends to “cull” 21 elephants in the dry north-west of the country where a small population of desert elephants roam In a statement issued on Monday, the Namibian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) said they plan...
by Adam Cruise | Sep 26, 2022 | Commentary
By Andrea Glioti, Ed Carron, Nadine Talaat, John Grobler and Tabitha Sanders – The New Arab In March 2022, a group of wild Namibian elephants landed in the UAE. The New Arab’s investigation reveals that the sale serves only to simulate an African safari...
by Adam Cruise | Sep 23, 2021 | Commentary
By Dr Adam Cruise Ever since the announcement by Namibia’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) on the 2nd December 2020, the intended capture and export of dozens of wild elephants in Namibia has been the subject of global media coverage. Yet, as the...
