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Encounters with some ugly ladies. The Idler Column, Mecury Newspaper.
THERE was this ugly female breastfeeding in public. Sies! No, it wasn’t the Street Shelter for the Over-Forties, it was at Mlilwane Game Sanctuary in eSwatini, which they used to call Swaziland. We ... Read More
Conservation and Conspiracies. By Trevor Oertel.
Don Pinnock has got his piss in a froth, again. This time it’s with South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-10-29-selling-rhino-horn-its-ti... Read More
China Reverses Ban on The Use of Rhino Horn and Tiger Bones in Traditional Medicine. By Dr. Chris Brown.
Dr. Chris Brown is the CEO of the Namibian Chamber of Environment. Below is a letter that was sent out to NCE members and friends in response to the Chinese government’s reversal of the ban of rhino... Read More
Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve in Trouble. Part 3: The Stiegler’s Gorge Dam. By Dr. Rolf D. Baldus
In 1982, the World Heritage Committee, the intergovernmental decision-making body of the World Heritage Convention, decided to inscribe the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania on the World Heritage list. ... Read More
China’s Bold New Policy Delivers A Ray Of Hope For Tigers And Rhinoceros. By Hank Jenkins.
On October 29, 2018 the State Council of China announced its decision to rescind the 25 year old prohibition on the domestic use of tiger bone and rhinoceros horn. Rhinoceros and tigers are two iconic... Read More
Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Current determinants of wildlife conservation. Part 3. By Douglas Wise.
Rights and welfare. In human societies, it is generally accepted that, with human rights, come responsibilities. These include a tacit agreement not to harm other members of one’s own society and ... Read More