Cape Times | 14 March, 2014 | Tony Weaver

DOES Minister of Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, know something that the rest of us don’t? I ask this in the context of remarks he is reported to have made at last week’s African Tourism Ministers’ meeting on anti-poaching in Berlin.According… Full Story ?

South Africa Deluxe | Summer 2013 | Dex Kotze

Over the last 100 years, African elephant populations have declined from 3-5 million to less than 420 000 today. Besides habitat loss and conflict with people caused by human encroachment on vast amounts of territory, elephants face their biggest nemesis all… Full Story ?

The Guardian | 2 March 2014 | Will Travers

Simon Jenkins: “If You Really Want To Save The Elephants, Farm Them” (Guardian Thursday 13 February) A Response: Will Travers OBE. Founder The Born Free Foundation. “Ivory is the cocaine of south-east Asia,” asserts Simon Jenkins (If you really want… Full Story ?

ictsd.org | March 2014 |

Monday 3 March marked the international community’s first ever day dedicated to wildlife, as set by the UN General Assembly this past December. The Assembly requested the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Secretariat, together with relevant organisations… Full Story ?

The Times | 3 March 2014 | Jerome Starkey

A magnificent bull elephant with tusks worth at least £10,000 on the illegal ivory market has survived four attempts by poachers to kill it. In each case, it was hit with spears or poisoned arrows and vets managed to dart… Full Story ?

The Cape Times | 7 March 2014 | Katarzyna Nowak

The recent London Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade highlighted some positives and negatives in the fight to save Africa’s elephants and other keystone species. On the one hand, it showed that countries are getting serious about tackling criminal activities associated… Full Story ?