EXPLAINER The recent landmark judgment on rhino horn exports and its implications for wildlife conservation 5 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
CONSERVATION DILEMMA Rhino horn harvested from captive breeding operations can be exported, high court rules 3 min 10 By Ed Stoddard
DRAMATIC SHIFT OP-ED Is South Africa breaking ranks on the ivory trade in lead-up to CITES CoP20? 5 min 0 By Adam Cruise
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION African white rhino numbers fall in 2024, with startling 15% decline in SA — report 4 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME ‘Rhino baron’ John Hume in court for 964 ‘fraudulent’ horn permit deals 6 min 11 By Tony Carnie
ANIMAL TRADING Cites is obsolete and needs a complete rebuild, say wildlife researchers 5 min 0 By Don Pinnock
ISS TODAY OP-ED Soldiers and smugglers strip South Sudan’s valuable teak forests 4 min 0 By Josephine Muthama and Willis Okumu
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Tackling a tall story — a myopic focus on trophy hunting harms real giraffe conservation 9 min 3 By Gail Thomson and 23 co-signatories
IN THE CROSSHAIRS How the world’s top trophy hunters are killing off leopards 6 min 15 By Don Pinnock
GAME-CHANGER Nigeria’s landmark Wildlife Protection Bill poised to disrupt global trafficking networks 4 min 0 By Don Pinnock
BIG-CAT MISERY OP-ED SA government continues to defend odious trade in tigers, perpetuating their suffering in captivity 6 min 8 By Adam Cruise
CRIME GONE WILD How Uganda became the world’s top market for trafficked Galápagos iguanas 4 min 0 By Don Pinnock
ISS TODAY OP-ED Cheetah cubs exotic pet crisis fuelling illegal wildlife trade across borders 4 min 0 By Valtino Omolo and Willis Okumu
BONES OF CONTENTION Lion bones back in the crossfire after breeders challenge sales ban 6 min 1 By Don Pinnock
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Sharing South Africa with elephants: new strategy calls for a major rethink 8 min 0 By Don Pinnock
BOOK REVIEW A sweeping history of Africa’s rhinos calls for a rethink of wildlife trade policy 7 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
DNA SAMPLE ROW Vietnam chided over poached rhino horn ‘secrecy’ by global wildlife trade regulator 6 min 7 By Tony Carnie
ISS TODAY OP-ED Global hardwood demand fuelling illicit trade cuts deep into Gambia’s revenue 4 min 2 By Feyi Ogunade
WILDLIFE TRADE Behind bars — South Africa's tiger farming crisis and its hidden global implications 6 min 8 By Don Pinnock
ANIMAL MARKET South Africa exports millions of creatures great and small in shadowy global wildlife trade 9 min 18 By Don Pinnock
WILDLIFE TRADE OP-ED Let it burn, says animal welfare NGO about South Africa’s 75-tonne rhino horn stockpile 7 min 1 By Melanie Gosling
