In March last year, the CITES Standing Committee singled out 8 countries most heavily implicated in the illegal trade of ivory. Vilified by the media as The Gang of Eight, three of the countries...
Taiji, Japan – It’s that time of year again. Japanese fishermen have cornered a large group of bottlenose dolphins into the shallows of a cove in Taiji and killed at least 30 so far....
Cape Town, South Africa – Rhino poaching in South Africa has reached record levels in 2013 thanks primarily to an increase in the demand for rhino horn in Asia, especially Vietnam, where high prices...
Perth, Australia – Despite experiencing only 20 fatal shark attacks in their area in the past century, the government of Western Australian has decided on a controversial policy of baiting and killing any shark...
Dongguan, China – In a landmark event aimed at shedding its image as the pariah of the illegal trade in African elephant tusks, China crushed a pile of ivory reportedly weighing over six tons...
Kruger Park, South Africa – Rhino deaths in this country went past crisis point in 2013 when almost 1000 rhino were killed. This is up from last year’s record high of 668, meaning that...
Nice, France – Trophy hunting came under the spotlight again when a father of three was killed on his property after being accidentally shot by a boar hunter. The local hunting society immediately closed...
You would think it’s a given. An upmarket safari lodge in the African jungle or savannah would endorse nature. Nature is the reason for an establishment’s existence. Nature fills the lodge with guests. But...
Gaborone, Botswana – The first ever summit focusing exclusively on the escalating illicit trade of African elephant ivory convened on the 2nd and 3rd December in Gaborone, Botswana by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of...
Living in France has its perks. I was going to send out a blog about my adventures in Paris, or Monaco, or Nice but while I was compiling an epigrammatic account of my idyllic...
