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“We’re not coming for your dogs and cats,” says Alderman Smith over Cape Town
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (1089+ words) “Don’t panic. The City has no intention of gathering any kind of dog licence or permit. We have not before, nor do we now. And nobody is going to storm into your property.” That was Alderman JP Smith’s response to…...
Why we give our cats, dogs and other pets social media accounts
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (760+ words) Pet social media accounts let guardians broadcast identity, build community and share joy – from hobbyist pet accounts to lucrative pet influencers shaping how people see companion animals online. Others share their daily lives through pictures of interactions with their companion…...
Rabid seals bite at least 176 people as fatal disease spreads, threatening other species
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (1213+ words) At least 176 people have been bitten by Cape fur seals during the marine rabies outbreak along the western and southern coast of South Africa. Scientists warn that the disease is now endemic to this species and fear that it could…...
Hunting quotas: The quiet rewriting of our biodiversity compact
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (1217+ words) Dr Bool Smuts is the founder and general manager of the Landmark Foundation, a conservation NGO specialising in human-wildlife coexistence and conflict, and focused on leopard conservation. He is a leopard researcher and is a research affiliate at the University…...
‘They’ve found sheep up in trees’ — inside Britain’s ‘black leopard’ mystery
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1669+ words) In South Africa, a carcass hauled into a tree immediately suggests ‘leopard’. In rural Britain, witnesses reportedly say they have seen exactly that – feeding a debate over whether big cats are living and breeding in the countryside. Somewhere in Kent,…...
Cape Town’s baboon crisis is a last-chance conservation opportunity — fund coexistence before captivity
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1505+ words) International funders could finance targeted Simon’s Town fencing, military fence repairs and Slangkop upgrades to keep Cape Town baboons wild and reduce human-baboon conflict. International animal welfare organisations have spent years campaigning against the removal and killing of Cape Peninsula…...
When conservation science puts a price on an elephant’s death
3+ week, 3+ day ago (882+ words) The renewed Madikwe elephant controversy raises a question extending far beyond culling. When a senior SANParks scientist speaks of economic opportunities arising from elephants selected for killing, we need to examine the philosophy of conservation behind the statement. There was…...
At a Gaza zoo, war takes its toll on the animals
3+ week, 5+ day ago (482+ words) As children walked into the zoo near Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, they found a lion barely looking back at them through the bars of its cage and chimpanzees sitting listlessly in their enclosure. Many of the animals were malnourished, weakened…...