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GALLERY: Remembering the fallen on World Ranger Day
SANParks and the Kruger National Park commemorated World Ranger Day outside the park’s gate with Minister of Environmental Affairs Barbara Creecy in attendance to highlight the importance of rangers and remember the lives lost in the field.
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Vets stumped by how Kruger National Park elephant contracted human TB
In 2016, an elephant was found dead on the side of a road in Kruger National Park. It had died of tuberculosis. But what alarmed vets in the park was that the strain tested positive for human tuberculosis for the first time in South Africa. Since then, scientists at the park have been trying to figure out the implications of this case for the park's elephants.
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SANParks clarifies removal of impala carcass after leopard kill
A video showing a group of men in the Kruger National Park loading a dead impala into their vehicle has caused an uproar in the wildlife community.
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Funeral for toddler mauled by leopard at Kruger Park to be held tomorrow
Courtney Ntimane, who was the child of a staff member, was attacked at Malelane technical services living quarters on Wednesday.
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Measures in place to safely capture escaped Kruger Park lions - Dept
The department was still in the process of arranging where the animals would be moved before they can be captured.
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Watch out: 14 lions roaming around in Phalaborwa
The department said the lions escaped from the Kruger National Park but SANParks said this could not be proven because there were other parks in the area.
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Kruger park to assist with funeral arrangements after toddler killed by leopards
On Wednesday night, a staff member’s two-year-old boy was attacked by the animals while walking near the Malelane gate.
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Toddler (2) mauled to death by leopard at Kruger National Park
'Rangers then went in search of the offending animal and destroyed it to avoid further attacks. As it seems, they have lost their fear of humans,' said a park spokesperson.
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Former SANParks ranger arrested for rhino poaching
Another person was arrested along with the former corporal during an anti-poaching operation on Wednesday.
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Rhino poacher crushed by elephant, devoured by lions in Kruger National Park
South African rangers have recovered the skull of the man in the vast Kruger sanctuary, which has born the brunt of much of the country's poaching crisis.
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Four arrested at Kruger National Park for alleged poaching to appear in court
A SANParks employee was one of the four men arrested while trying to get away with a freshly cut set of rhino horns, a hunting rifle and ammunition.
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SANParks employee, others arrested for alleged poaching at Kruger National Park
Four men were arrested after trying to escape the Kruger National Park in possession of a freshly cut set of rhino horns, a hunting rifle and ammunition.
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Kruger Park aircraft crashes while on anti-poaching mission
Spokesperson Isaac Phaahla says the poachers fled the scene while the emergency team was attending to the aircraft’s injured pilot.
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5 Muslim prayer facilities launched at Kruger National Park
The managing executive for the national park, Glenn Phillips says the park has a church and is open to building prayer facilities for other religious groups.
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SANParks concerned by rise in elephant poaching in KNP
According to SANParks, 58 elephants have been killed so far this year compared to 32 killed last year.
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Pipe bomb discovered in Kruger National Park
SANParks says the bomb was not a homemade device but seems to have been manufactured and purchased through legal means.
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Was a protected lion killed in a baited hunt?
Photographer Charlie Lynam believes that the animal killed in a trophy hunt was Skye, a member of the protected Western Pride of the Kruger National Park.
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SANParks to take disciplinary action against employee over poaching
Amos Manyeke was employed as an armed guard at the Kruger National Park.
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23 suspected poachers arrested at Kruger Park since 19 July
The South African National Parks says one of its rangers died in one of the operations.
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Kruger Park ranger dies following shootout with poachers
It's understood rangers were tracking the poachers on Thursday when the criminals opened fire on the rangers' vehicle.
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4 suspects expected to appear in court over rhino poaching
They were arrested in separate incidents at the weekend.
