I HAVE JUST READ A NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC OPINIONS about the safety of cutting off a black rhino’s horns for the purpose of protecting the species from poachers. The authors
I am concerned that the Minister – from the very beginning – did not properly define specific practical and/or scientific criteria that would have correctly qualified applicants (or nominees) as
Last week I entrusted a letter to Mr Chris Hudson of the IWCC in America – to be delivered into the hands of Mr Ryan Zinke, Secretary to the Department
The following article was written by Mike Eustace (17 July 2017) and published in the African Wildlife and Environment magazine of the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA).
By Emmanuel Koro Against the background where scientist, governments and environmental NGOs have failed to change people’s mindsets that the rhino horn does not have the medicinal value attributed to
One must also understand that the Number One wildlife management objective of a national park is the maintenance of its species diversity (the healthy maintenance of all the plants and
The Black Rhinoceros Now let’s have a look at the black rhinoceros which, after the elephant, is next in line in the human-created African icon ranking. After elephants, I know
The African Elephant The two most iconic big game animals in Africa are the elephant and the black rhinoceros but under all the non-intervention elephant management programmes that have been
Comment on the Draft Regulations for the Domestic Trade in Rhino Horn.Comment on the Draft Regulations for the Domestic Trade in Rhino Horn.
Comment to the Department of Environmental Affairs by J.C. Rance. Director: The True Green Alliance (TGA). The Director General, Dept of Environmental Affairs. Att: Ms Magdel Boshoff. By e-mail: mboshoff@environment.gov.za Dear Madam,