South Africa turns to lie-detectors in anti-poaching war

By AFP South Africa plans to carry out lie detector tests on staff working at its game reserves in a bid to fight rampant wildlife poaching, a national parks management agency said Thursday. Poachers, sometimes operating in cahoots with crooked park employees, have...

Orphaned albino elephant recovers from poacher’s snare

By  JEROME DELAY- ASSOCIATED PRESS The 4-month-old elephant was found badly dehydrated in South Africa’s Kruger National Park days after hitting the sharp wire snare. HOEDSPRUIT, South Africa — Khanysia did not see the trap set by a poacher in South Africa’s...
Hole in KNP fence a poacher’s dream (South Africa)

Hole in KNP fence a poacher’s dream (South Africa)

By Lowvelder CROCODILE BRIDGE: Albert Gryvenstein, from Bossies Community Justice (BCJ), criticized the fact that approximately 60 elephants were allegedly driven across the South African border fence during the course of last week, at the confluence of the Komati and...