Staff Writer

In 1965, N. Owen-Smith from the University of Natal Wildlife Society, led a research team into the Mana Pools Game Reserve in the Zambezi Valley to try and figure out the proportion of tuskless elephants. The team found that of the 150 elephants on which it was possible to determine

The poaching of predators and scavengers is on the increase for a variety of reasons. There is a lucrative market for the supply of animal body parts for the muthi (traditional African medicine) trade, as well as an increasing demand in the East. Poisoning poached animal carcasses is the preferred

Any Third-World nation that seeks to export beef to international markets, especially in Europe, must meet high standards of veterinary hygiene and disease management. In the early 1970s, the European Union stipulated that Botswana's government restrict the movement of wildlife into its beef herds to control diseases such

The Snare Busters Program is not just about removing snares from the bush. The volunteers are also involved in wildlife rescue operations. Their policy is the same as other reputable conservation organizations, where they don’t intervene if the injuries are natural unless it is an endangered species. The work

The Zimbabwe Professional Guides Association (ZPGA) realized that there are a lot of critics of safari hunting around the world. These armchair critics voice their opinions from their keyboards, causing immeasurable damage to meaningful conservation initiatives. Instead of being reactive to these criticisms, ZPGA decided to proactively engage with the