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Andreas Wilson-Spath

Andreas Wilson-Späth is a part-time freelance writer and ex-geologist who lives and works in Cape Town.

Latest Work

Breeding and trading endangered wild animals is not conservation – it threatens their survival

9 February 2021

Breeding and trading endangered wild animals is not conservation – it threatens their survival

By Andreas Wilson-Spath

5 min

1

$Paradise is closing down: The ghastly spectre of oil drilling and fracking in fragile Okavango Delta$

15 December 2020

Paradise is closing down: The ghastly spectre of oil drilling and fracking in fragile Okavango Delta

By Andreas Wilson-Spath

7 min

6

It’s high time SA shut down the captive lion breeding industry

12 October 2020

It’s high time SA shut down the captive lion breeding industry

By Andreas Wilson-Spath

6 min

0

CITES silent as Zimbabwe dooms elephants to living hell in China

12 August 2020

CITES silent as Zimbabwe dooms elephants to living hell in China

By Andreas Wilson-Spath

5 min

0

Horrific scale of SA’s live wild animal trade to China exposed

18 May 2020

Horrific scale of SA’s live wild animal trade to China exposed

By Andreas Wilson-Spath

6 min

0

South Africa’s legal lion bone trade exploited by criminals

21 January 2020

South Africa’s legal lion bone trade exploited by criminals

By Andreas Wilson-Spath

5 min

0

Trophy hunting: A new front opens in the War of Words

31 October 2019

Trophy hunting: A new front opens in the War of Words

By Andreas Wilson-Spath

5 min

0

South Africa pushes for trade in endangered wildlife

19 August 2019

South Africa pushes for trade in endangered wildlife

By Andreas Wilson-Spath

6 min

0

The Great Elephant Debate: Legalising ivory trade will be a giant mistake

8 July 2019

The Great Elephant Debate: Legalising ivory trade will be a giant mistake

By Andreas Wilson-Spath

5 min

0

5 February 2019

Does trophy hunting really benefit conservation and local communities?

By Andreas Wilson-Spath

4 min

0

Parliament moves to put the brakes on 'unethical' captive lion breeding and bone trade

21 November 2018

Parliament moves to put the brakes on 'unethical' captive lion breeding and bone trade

By Andreas Wilson-Spath

5 min

0

World Elephant Day: Study calls for domestic trade bans and projects to cut demand for ivory

12 August 2015

World Elephant Day: Study calls for domestic trade bans and projects to cut demand for ivory

By Andreas Wilson-Spath

4 min

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