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To Trade or Not to Trade
The rise of exotic animal trade, both pets and parts, is a global phenomenon that has received plenty of media coverage in the last few years. The fact that wild animals and their by-products […]
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Why should we protect wildlife?
What I am about to try here is to convince policy-makers, businessmen and women, politicians, economists, the local plumber, teachers, parents and the homeless person on the street corner, why we need to save wildlife. […]
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Jaws: The Deadly Myth
We have all seen, or at least heard of, the famous thriller/horror film Jaws. It induced nightmares and possibly a hatred of sharks into the general public, so that today people still seem to think that these sleek predators are […]
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Farm Fresh: Can farmed wildlife save their wild brethren?
Wildlife is facing increasing pressure from the continuously growing human population and one of the measures taken to ease the pressure on wild populations is wildlife farming. But does it actually work? The aim of […]
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Life on a Knife Edge: The Truth About Rhino Poaching from the People on the Ground
“How emotional can it be? We all know what happens; poachers take the horn, rhinos die – circle of life and all that” the naïve words which escaped my mouth just an hour before my […]
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Tales of a Marine Anti-Poaching Ranger
Dedicated to the rise of a small Anti-Abalone-poaching team who are making waves, and the fall of Abalone Poaching in the Eastern Cape As a young, aspiring, female Nature Conservationist, trying to make a career […]
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Illegal loggers stopped in their tracks
Imagine you’re in a rainforest… what would you hear? Pessimists would say the chuckles of poachers and illegal loggers with the depressing roar of a chainsaw. But really think, is that what you would hear? […]
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Tuskless Elephants
As the poaching crisis rumbles on, African elephant populations are being decimated. But something strange is also happening to the appearance of elephants. They’re losing their tusks. If you take a safari in Zambia, you’re […]
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Rhino horn – Is legal trade the only way to save the species? The debate, the conspiracy, the facts and the sorrows
Legal trade of rhino horn may be a substantial method to reduce poaching efforts after poachers have recently targeted a zoo and a number of rhino orphanages. This horrific story hit the headlines on Tuesday […]
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Alien invaders on Planet Earth
It may surprise you to learn that invasive species are regarded by conservationists as THE greatest cause of species extinctions in recent history. Some say there is limited evidence of this claim [1], however it is agreed […]
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From 23 to 5,500 – The Decline and Recovery of Yellowstone’s Largest Animal
Long associated with American Wild West, the American Bison is one of the most iconic species found throughout the Americas. With males capable of reaching over 2,000 lbs (the heaviest recorded individual weighed a massive […]
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Sperm whales can change your life: Trying to find their hideouts in Irish waters
For as long as I remember I was always dreaming about working on the research and conservation of marine mammals. My journey in the science of biology was full of obstacles but my steps were […]