Author: Zig Mackintosh
Winning the Hearts and Minds Battle with AI?
There is little doubt that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of modern life, like it or not. Chatbots are software programs designed to simulate human conversation, often using ... Read More
Citizen Hunter: The Story of SA Hunters
From its humble beginnings in 1949, when 50 hunters met in a coffee shop in the Pretoria Zoo when there seemed no hope for the future of wildlife in South Africa, SA Hunters and Game Conservation Asso... Read More
Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
The Humane Society is notorious for its “surveys” about public sentiment around hunting. A 2017 poll, they claim, shows deep and widespread opposition to trophy hunting (suspiciously that pag... Read More
Wilderness as a Form of Landuse.
In the March 1966 edition of African Wildlife (The official magazine of the Wildlife Protection and Conservation Society of South Africa), John Pringle writes about the concept of wilderness areas bei... Read More
Game Control in National Parks. By A. M. Brynard.
In the June 1967 edition of African Wildlife, the official magazine of the Wildlife Protection and Conservation Society of South Africa, researcher A. M. Brynard’s talk to the Transvaal fieldwor... Read More
Charcoal Snap-Facts from The State of The Wildlife Economy Report.
Charcoal is one of the most important non-timber forest products in Africa. It meets the energy needs of about 800 million people, or 65% of the population. It has high energy content, easy to store a... Read More
The Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra
Equus zebra hartmannae, Hartmann’s mountain zebra, occurs in three formally protected areas in South Africa, the Goegap Nature Reserve, Augrabies Falls National Park and Richtersveld National Park. ... Read More
Tuskless Elephants: Part 3.
A 1995 paper by H. Jachmann et al., “Tusklessness in African Elephants a Future Trend”, is fascinating. The South Luangwa National Park (SLNP) and the Lupande Game Management Area (LGMA) cover nea... Read More