A day in the life of a ranger’s dog involves jumping into helicopters, tracking poachers in the national parks or searching for illegal firearms or rhino horn potentially hidden in vehicles entering or leaving the park. Ranger’s dogs are often the first responders to incidences of suspected poaching. The CSIR assisted the South African National […]

If you’ve ever wondered just how large some of the potholes in South Africa are… here’s one in the Kruger National Park that’s surprisingly larger than it looks! Farm manager Pieter Loock captured this footage of an African Rock Python crossing the first bridge between Satara and Letaba on the H1-4… and disappearing into a pothole! Pieter said […]

A well known Kruger National Park (KNP) regional ranger, Don English, has been attacked and injured by a buffalo in the famous South African park. The incident took place yesterday at around 10:30 according to South African National Parks (SANParks). In a media release this morning, SANParks said English was conducting a routine buffalo sustainable off […]

The war on poaching has just stepped up a notch. And not a moment too soon when you view the video of a rhino poaching crime scene (see bottom of page). On Friday Milkor handed over 40mm Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) systems to South African National Parks (SANParks) in Groenkloof Pretoria in aid of the […]

A couple visiting the Kruger National Park in South Africa filmed a rare sighting of a pride of lions – including an endangered white lion – trying to hunt a porcupine. Retired Beryl Salottolo told Nadav Ossendryver from Latest Sightings that she and her husband, Gules, set out early one morning from their camp at Satara […]

Grammy Award winning record producer, DJ and musician Anton Zaslavski – better known as Zedd – says his trip to South Africa earlier this year was “literally the most amazing trip I’ve ever done in my life!! ?.” The Russian-German electronic music producer, who has over 2.7 million fans on Twitter, was in South Africa for […]

Moms around the world are all the same! Patient! Watch this mom patiently put up with her cubs as two of them play not only around her as she tries to sleep… but ON her. And all this while a third is intently suckling on Mom in the background. The footage was filmed by Farrell Ben […]

For anyone missing the bush, feast on these photos taken in KwaZulu-Natal a few days ago by KEVIN ISWARLALL – “A little bit of Africa for our people abroad.” View more wildlife photos – captured on safari in the Kruger last week:

A video of an angry elephant charging and flipping over a car in a Mozambique game reserve has gone viral… for the second time in three years! Thanks to the video being posted earlier this month on Facebook, it has had a resurgence and been reported in South African and international media outlets as if […]

If you’ve had a tough start to the week, check out these dolphins having fun in Umdloti, KwaZulu-Natal, yesterday. Photos by ANDREA BEN…

A lion conservation group has come out against a lion-breeding and cub-petting facility in Limpopo where pictures were allegedly taken of lions that are starving, and it has been suggested that as these facilities come under increasing pressure to stop their activities, a similar fate may face as many as 8,000 captive-bred lions in South Africa. Drew […]

Despite the obvious protestations of his clients, a ranger in Kruger National Park got out of the safari vehicle at night and kicked a pangolin when it closed into a ball in fright and to protect itself. “No, no,” a woman called out from the vehicle, when she saw what the ranger was about to […]

According to the Kruger National Park, the young teenager who was attacked by a hyena in their Crocodile Bridge Camp is “making remarkable progress”. However there are reports that he has lost one of his eyes. Erco (Boela) Janse van Rensburg – from Centurion, Pretoria, was camping with his parents, Erno and Cashandra, and his […]

The video of three baby rhinos crying for more milk has now reached over 5 million views! If you haven’t seen it yet, watch below… The video was first uploaded to YouTube in mid-May by Working with Rhinos, along with this message: “These orphaned baby rhinos watched as their moms were killed by poachers in […]

On the anniversary of the death of a lion in Zimbabwe, which was known to researchers as ‘Cecil’, Four Paws organisation has taken stock of the trophy hunting situation. One year ago, on 1 July 2015, “Cecil” the Lion was killed by an American trophy hunter in Zimbabwe. The circumstances surrounding his death exposed the excesses […]

A growing number of international tour companies refusing to promote elephant riding is putting South Africa’s elephant-back safari industry under pressure to pack in the lucrative but unethical/questionable practice of riding elephants. With an increasing global awareness for the welfare issues and cruel training methods associated with elephant-back riding, a drive to end the practice […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) has confirmed that a hyena attacked a teenage boy, while he slept in his camp at the Kruger National Park, last night. SANParks said the “unfortunate incident” occurred at about 04:30 this morning, when the hyena entered the campsite at Crocodile Bridge. The animals attacked the teenage visitor who was sleeping […]

Interesting garden visitors aren’t anything new in South Africa – where squirrels, monkeys, baboons, even deer can make their way into our yards… but Betty’s Bay resident and academic Van As Jordaan recently had a slightly more rare visitor – a leopard! He captured stunning photos and the video below of the special visit to his […]

In January I began the process of exposing an apparently corrupt network of magistrates, lawyers and police in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) that has allowed accused rhino poachers and rhino horn traffickers to evade conviction and jail time despite thorough, detailed evidence being presented against them. On 10 April of this year, the revered Public Protector of South Africa Thuli […]

A suspected poacher was caught in Kruger National Park on Wednesday while another drowned trying to escape, while three others caught in Grahamstown last week who were apparently involved in poaching across South Africa were denied bail on Wednesday. One suspected poacher was shot and apprehended by the Kruger’s protection unit while the other drowned by trying to flee across […]

Farm manager Andrew and his companion Sam had stopped their vehicle in Kruger National Park to see something that looked like a rock, when their screeching brakes alerted what was, in fact, a black rhino. Andrew told Latest Sightings that earlier in June they were on their way to see some cheetah when they saw the […]

Five hundred elephants are to be transferred 185 miles across Malawi in a historic move to create a new sanctuary for elephants, according to the nonprofit African Parks. The elephants will be moved the 300 kilometres – “one of the largest elephant translocations in human history” – in two groups of 250 each, one in July […]

CapeNature announced today it has increased the protection of endangered African penguins in Betty’s Bay, following an incident in which a leopard “regrettably” killed 33 of the penguins during a single visit. The incident occurred on Saturday 11 June 2016 when the leopard was spotted near the colony. It killed 33 and left one injured. According […]

Two of the very people who are meant to be protecting South Africa’s rhino have been arrested for poaching, allegedly captured in possession of four horns. South African National Parks (SANParks) has today confirmed the arrest of two of their Kruger National Park field rangers from the Nwanedzi Ranger Section. This is the latest in a […]

You are never too young to raise awareness – and money – for the plight of Africa’s big cats, as the kids at a Durban primary school have proved. They raised R2,000 and had a great time doing it. Kerry McNevin, principal of Tree Tops School (which has kids from age 3 to grade 3), […]