Rupak Hattikudur moved to South Africa from India three years ago. In that time he has taken beautiful photographs of South Africa’s wildlife in the bush… BUT yesterday he witnessed the other side of what’s happening in the bush to our wildlife. The tragedy of poaching. This is his story… My mother and I woke […]

As if ‘lion farming’ wasn’t bad enough, Captured in Africa (CIA) Foundation has revealed that there is allegedly an active lion processing plant in South Africa… where lions are killed in order to obtain their bones for export. The demand for lion bones from the Asian market has increased over the past few years as […]

Thanks to a concerted effort by caring South Africans – both those who donated and those who collaborated in the field – a baby rhino… lost and alone in the wild, was tracked down and saved yesterday from certain death. The call for urgent donations to help search for the baby rhino went out yesterday […]

Nineteen lions were allegedly shot last week in South Africa, and another 80 could soon be killed in the Free State. All apparently for the lion bone trade. The news was broken yesterday by Blood Lions, a campaign that aims to bring an end to canned hunting and the exploitative breeding of lions and other […]

Louise Joubert, the incredible founder of SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary, has died in a car accident… just two days after the alleged poaching of a rhino she had worked tirelessly to save from hunters. Louise worked often with SAPeople and we are devastated. SAPeople followers had helped Louise save Big Boy in 2016, when he was […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) yesterday announced the arrests of 12 suspected rhino poachers in the Kruger National Park (KNP) since Thursday 19 April 2018. Two additional suspects were killed during the confrontations. And a SAPS officer at Skukuza was arrested. SANParks detailed the arrests in a media release on 24 April. On Friday 20 […]

Famous names from around the world have joined to sign an Open Letter to South Africa, calling on the Government to end rhino poaching. The international celebrities include entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, wildlife conservationist Dr Jane Goodall, famous American musician – and South African expat – Dave Matthews, and former Prime Minister of New Zealand, […]

Kenyan wildlife conservationist Daphne Sheldrick, famous for saving orphaned elephants, has sadly passed away at the age of 83, after a long battle with breast cancer. Daphne – who founded the famous David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) in 1977, which she named after her late husband – died Thursday evening, 12 April 2018, according to […]

The headline on the Zimbabwe Herald could not have made it clearer: “Police tighten noose on Grace Mugabe.” The newspaper, for 37 years the mouthpiece of Robert Mugabe’s government, is now the voice of the new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa. He replaced Mugabe when the long-time leader was deposed in late 2017. Over the last couple […]

Just over a week ago, the video below surfaced on Facebook showing a python regurgitating a whole cat, whilst being captured to be transported to a safer place. Social media users said the incident occurred at Richard’s Bay harbour, but this has not yet been confirmed. According to one social media user, Peter Gillatt: “Sometimes […]

A monster python – nicknamed Mr Big – was photographed consuming an entire impala yesterday in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. The photos were taken by a SANParks Crime Prevention officer, Stanford Leonel Charisma… and are republished on SAPeople with his kind permission. UPDATE: To view the photos, please click on these links. Please note […]

If you need a laugh, this is one of the cutest, funniest videos we’ve seen all day… made all the better with the wonderful commentary. The mongoose pups were wrestling at Sabi Sands in South Africa when a curious Hornbill appeared… WATCH Mongoose Pup Playing Around, Sabi Sands, South Africa https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/10155539141918951/ According to National Geographic […]

The UK will introduce a ban on ivory sales, Environment Secretary Michael Gove confirmed yesterday as he set out the country’s plans to help protect elephants for future generations. The Government, he said, is publishing the response to its consultation on a UK ivory sales ban, and confirming robust measures that will be brought into […]

South Africans are known worldwide for being entrepreneurs, and we love to say ‘n Boer maak a plan… but this clever monkey shows that so too do our wildlife! SAPeople contributor and Western Cape businessman Stan Sanetra captured this footage in Marloth Park yesterday, 3 April 2018. “The monkey was dabbing its tail in the splash pool… […]

An incredible photo of an elephant carrying a baby cub has gone viral on Twitter… with over 6,700 people retweeting it since it was posted this morning. And alarmingly, it appears that thousands of those actually thought the photo was real!!!! Some suggested a movie should be made based on the scene, and others remarked […]

A Cape Town mother and her daughter were held hostage by ostriches in the Eastern Cape on Sunday! Amanda Stergianos told SAPeople: “I travelled up to Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape to visit my daughter who is a boarder there. “We decided to stay in accommodation on an estate called Fort Beaufort, 20 minutes from […]

An elephant in India has been caught on video appearing to be smoking! The elephant was filmed by Vinay Kumar, Assistant Director with the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS)-India Program, during a visit with WCS field staff to camera-trap locations in Nagarahole National Park, as part of a long-term project to study tigers and their prey. As […]

Former Zimbabwe First Lady, Grace Mugabe, is allegedly under investigation for running an ivory poaching syndicate, which also smuggled gold and diamonds out of Zimbabwe, according to the UK’s Telegraph. In an exclusive interview with Australian photo-journalist Adrian Steirn (whom many will remember for his incredible series of photos of the Pangolin Men, and of […]

The world has been shattered by the death of the last male northern white rhino, Sudan… but none more so that one of his close companions, Warden James Mwenda. After Sudan’s death earlier this week at Olpejeta Conservancy in Kenya, James wrote a tribute that has been shared thousands of times. “Good bye Sudan, I […]

The two beautiful Friesian horses – a Mare and a Gelding – which were allegedly stolen from Shongweni Valley have been found, thanks to all the good people of South Africa  who shared owner David Armstrong’s message on social media.   David said yesterday that they’d been stolen, with a “slim” but “unlikely” chance they’d […]

Sightings of marine life in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape of South Africa have been absolutely stunning during the build up to the sardine run, according to Raggy Charters… and their latest video proves it again! Earlier this month the company – which offers marine-eco cruises to tourists and assists in African penguin research […]

The internet is falling in love with little South African hippo, Charlie, whose best friend is an orphaned rhino… and who, until recently, thought he was a rhino too. Charlie lost his mother during the drought and was rescued by a KwaZulu-Natal orphanage. Little Makhosi also lost her mom because of the drought… so the […]

Helping Rhinos have published a special tribute to Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, which died yesterday 19 March 2018. “Sudan was no ordinary rhino, he was the last male northern white rhino, and without doubt the most famous rhino in the world… Sudan’s passing has been met with an emotional outpouring from far […]

The world has lost its last male northern white rhino. The Ol Pejeta Conservancy and Dvůr Králové Zoo have announced with “great sadness” that 45-year-old Sudan died at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya on March 19th, 2018 (yesterday). Sudan was being treated for age-related complications that led to degenerative changes in muscles and bones combined […]

SANParks was sadly forced to kill three elephants on Saturday, 10 March 2018, after they escaped from the Kruger National Park in South Africa. According to a statement issued by SANParks Public Relations Assistant, Lesley Nyawo, the Kruger Park had received reports about three elephant bulls which had escaped from the Park into Matsulu village, […]