Forty-seven white-backed vultures have been killed in a mass poisoning incident in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa. Another five were injured. One of the key reasons for poisoning of vultures is for use in the traditional medicine trade. The gruesome discovery of the birds – some with their heads removed – was made on Sunday (18 […]

A Cape Fur Seal has been rescued near a busy shopping mall, after it appeared to be on a mission to join the last-minute Christmas shoppers in Athlone, Cape Town. WATCH videos below. The Cape of Good Hope SPCA Wildlife Department, which carried out the rescue, joked: “It seems not even Cape Town’s wildlife is […]

A Field Ranger in the Kruger National Park (KNP) was unfortunately severely injured by an elephant shortly after 08h00 this morning (Tues 20 December). The unnamed ranger was on patrol in the Pretoriuskop Section, in the south-western part of the Kruger, when the incident occurred, according to the South African National Parks (SANParks). « Preliminary […]

A wild elephant in the Greater Kruger, South Africa, joined a couple of Mbizi Lodge guests from Belgium at the lodge’s swimming pool last week! “It was a magical experience,” Wilfried Schildermans told SAPeople. He, and his wife, Linda Gevaerts stayed cool, calm and collected while the elephant enjoyed a pleasurable drink from the pool. […]

Thanks to wildlife Christmas baubles, created by talented artist Diana Wilkinson, a little orphaned rhino calf has been adopted by the funds raised. The 6-week-old calf, Ukuthula, whose mother was ruthlessly poached, will now get another chance at life at the Zululand Rhino Orphanage. Diana is no ordinary artist. She has made headlines around the […]

The Kruger National Park (KNP) has reminded guests that Rest Camps in the famous South African park are also subject to the National Loadshedding schedules, and has supplied some recommendations on how to prepare to best handle possible power cuts during your visit to the Kruger. Whilst most South Africans are probably experts at handling […]

Dry weather and habitat loss in the Western Cape, South Africa, are possibly making human encounters with these beautiful creatures more common. By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human. WATCH Snake handler has caught twice as many snakes this season Snake handler André du Preez has removed twice as many snakes than he did last season. […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) today welcomed the sentencing of two field rangers, Hendric Eccelence Silinda and Achieve Musa Mlambo, by the Skukuza Regional Court to an effective seven years in prison. The duo were based in the Skukuza section of the Kruger National Park (KNP). They were arrested in February 2019 for possession of […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) supported by TotalEnergies and First National Bank (FNB) recognised deserving conservationists at this year’s Kudu Awards ceremony held at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand on 24 November 2022. The Kudu Awards and the Chief Executive Awards recognise SANParks employees as well as multiple stakeholders and disciplines who play a pivotal role in strengthening […]

NSRI and the City of Cape Town (CoCT) in the Western Cape, South Africa, have issued a Shark Alert, and are cautioning swimmers not to enter the sea in the Strand vicinity all weekend, after a large whale carcass was washed close in-shore on Friday afternoon, 25 November. By Saturday morning the carcass had, as […]

Last month saw a significant event when four orphaned Black Rhino were finally released into the wild in their new home – Babanango Game Reserve. This was a first of this scale in using orphaned individuals to establish a new population in South Africa and a first introduction of the species for the rolling valleys […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) today welcomed the heavy sentencing of a rhino poacher by the Skukuza Regional Court, to a total of 52 years in prison for rhino poaching and related offences. The sentencing took place on Friday 18 November 2022, just days after another rhino poacher was successfully convicted and sentenced to 17 […]

This is the heart-stopping moment when two safari guides held their nerve in front of a charging elephant – and bravely gave it the chance of life. Many in their position would have taken the option of a panicked shot to save their own skins but this pair gave the tusker the benefit of the […]

It just got easier for tourists from Europe to visit South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park. Lufthansa Group’s leisure airline, Eurowings Discover (4Y), took off from Frankfurt on Tuesday evening at 9:55 pm and touched town in Mbombela, Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA), at 14:10 pm for the first time! After a short stopover in […]

“Lions, Bones & Bullets” is a new documentary that sheds light onto South Africa’s controversial commercial captive lion industry and follows the wildlife trafficking trail to Laos and Viet Nam. British author Richard Peirce talks to lion farmers and hunters in South Africa who are exporting lion bones to Southeast Asia for the traditional medicine […]

The Kruger National Park (KNP)’s Letaba Rest Camp is currently buzzing with cicada species. KNP said in a statement on Tuesday that “visitors are hereby informed of their noise which can be amplified by multitudes of insects into an overpowering hum”. Blame the males! They make this noise – by vibrating membranes on their abdomens […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) is increasing surveillance at Kruger National Park (KNP) entry gates as part of the festive season anti-crime prevention. SANParks said in a statement on Thursday that these measures are called for because bofy the recent spike in poaching, especially snaring and poisoning which is indiscriminate and kills any animal that […]

This is the bizarre moment a passenger jumped out of his car whilst visiting the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park and ran into the bush after becoming scared by a massive elephant nearby! The incident – which caused a lot of laughter in the car behind – took place on Thursday, 3 November. Shannon Melville, 26, was on […]

Anglo American Platinum on Thursday donated four Bat Hawk surveillance aircraft to South African National Parks (SANParks) to aid in their surveillance, conservation and anti-poaching efforts. The sponsorship agreement of the aircraft is valued at over R3.8 million. The Kruger National Park (KNP), which spans over 2 million hectares of land and is divided in […]

ALL RISE, a non-profit organisation and registered law clinic for climate and environmental justice, has commissioned an important independent report entitled ‘Everything for Dust: the Collective Trauma of Opencast Coal Mining on Residents in Somkhele, KZN’ which lays bare the collective trauma experienced as a result of opencast coal mining. This report will be released […]

The NSPCA has obtained a warrant of arrest for a so-called comedian on Tik Tok who was seen brutally slapping and terrorising four donkeys in a poor attempt at humour. The NSPCA was alerted to the actor/musician’s shocking content and, with nothing but his nickname, managed to find and rescue the donkeys after an intensive […]

A toddler has been horrifically crushed to death and her mother critically injured when a giraffe, believed to be protecting its calf, attacked them in a safari park in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The tragedy took place at Kuleni Game Park where the baby girl’s mom reportedly works as a tour guide, while her husband works […]

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – More penguins have sadly died from avian flu at the colony at Cape Town’s Boulders beach, a popular tourist attraction and an important breeding site in South Africa, raising concerns for the species and for other seabirds. David Roberts, a clinical veterinarian at the South African Foundation For The Conservation Of […]

It’s easy to assume all animals have a neat dividing line between the sexes because the differences in appearance between males and females can be so striking. But the more scientists learn about wildlife, the clearer it is that nature doesn’t have a rule book. By Louise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University Most people know that […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) Airwing has received a R4,5-million donation for much-needed fuel for their anti-poaching operations. The symbolic handover was made by TotalEnergies Marketing SA MD and CEO, Mariam Kane-Garcia. It also marked TotalEnergies and SANParks long-term relationship of 60 years, in which TotalEnergies has focussed on nature conservation and contributing to the […]