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Citizen Hunter: The Story of SA Hunters

Citizen Hunter: The Story of SA Hunters

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Zig Mackintosh
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

Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

Posted on August 30, 2022August 16, 2022 by Zig Mackintosh
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
Spitting in The Face of Sustainable Use

Spitting in The Face of Sustainable Use

Posted on June 27, 2022June 26, 2022 by Hank's Voice
Sustainable use is the utilization of any resource that does not lead to its long-term degradation or depletion, thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs of not only the resource itself but... Read More
Has the Animal Rights Group, IFAW, Captured Zimbabwe’s Parks and Wildlife Management Authority?

Has the Animal Rights Group, IFAW, Captured Zimbabwe’s Parks and Wildlife Management Authority?

Posted on March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 by Zig Mackintosh
In September 2019, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) signed a “Partnership agreement” with Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) relating to the Hwange... Read More
We Have Simply Lost Our Way.

We Have Simply Lost Our Way.

Posted on February 14, 2022February 12, 2022 by Zig Mackintosh
A Wildlife Symposium, organised by the Natal Fieldwork Section, was held at Pretoriuskop, South Africa, from the 15th to the 20th May 1968, 53 years ago. In this article, Mr. T. C. Robertson, who pres... Read More
To Fence or Not to Fence?

To Fence or Not to Fence?

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Zig Mackintosh
Landscape conservation is more important than the fate of individual species but is the idea of human-wildlife coexistence always possible, and at what cost? A 2013 paper by Craig Packer and 57 other ... Read More
A Less Glamorous Narrative: The Mpungini Conservation Area.

A Less Glamorous Narrative: The Mpungini Conservation Area.

Posted on January 17, 2022January 14, 2022 by Zig Mackintosh
Martiens Potgieter is a burly, handle-bar mustached maize farmer from Normandien KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, who came to the area as a child in 1970. He has lived, worked, and played here ever since.... Read More
Botswana’s Buffalo Fence.

Botswana’s Buffalo Fence.

Posted on January 10, 2022January 9, 2022 by Zig Mackintosh
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... Read More
Land Use Options

Land Use Options

Posted on January 9, 2022February 12, 2022 by Zig Mackintosh
Conservation is all about the best land-use options. In this short video the Bubye Valley Conservancy’s anti-poaching manager, Norman English looks into the land-use option that the conservancy has ... Read More
Why Aren’t We Talking About This?

Why Aren’t We Talking About This?

Posted on December 20, 2021December 19, 2021 by Zig Mackintosh
Discussions on conservation in Africa generally center around iconic game species. But conservation is not about “Cecil the lion”. Broadly non-timber forest products (NTFPs) can be defined... Read More
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