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High cost to wildlife from shark nets protecting SA beaches
Shark nets are meant to protect swimmers basking on the eastern coast's palm-lined beaches from attacks but conservationists say the nets trap any large animal...
Ties soured during this week's meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Geneva after numerous proposals from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional bloc were rejected.
The African giraffe population has shrunk by an estimated 40% over the past three decades to just under 100,000 animals.
More than 50 members of the European Parliament and 50 environmental groups, led by the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, signed a petition to the triannual CITES conference taking place this week in Geneva.
South Africa has the biggest captive big cat industry in the world and it is largely unregulated.
The first online rhino auction in South Africa wasn't a success. This has done very little to help rhinos. It may, in fact, encourage more poaching as demand has not slowed down.
Yahoo Japan doesn't accept that ivory sold on its platform is a factor behind the sharp rise in poaching on the African savannah.
[CARTOON] The Elephant In The Room
The minister says visiting local parks will give South Africans more love for their natural heritage.
Conservation groups say this exposes elephants to the menace of poaching for illegal ivory trade.
Edna Molewa says rural communities must be compensated for the damage they sustained from wildlife.
Protecting the pangolin
Are the rights of communities to development, food security & cultural heritage undermined by conservation?
Delegates say they're being killed not for their meat but merely for their fins.
3,500 delegates from 182 countries have gathered in Sandton.
African elephant population faces rapid decline
Cites is a crucial instrument for ensuring that species are not traded in a way that threatens their survival.
On the illegal market rhino horn is worth more by weight than diamonds or cocaine.