Australia will be televising a Canal Plus documentary on Monday night that exposes the game hunting industry in South Africa, where hunting often takes place in fenced off private reserves leaving the animals – who have sometimes been tranquillised or tamed (even bred for the purpose, otherwise known as ‘canned hunting’) – trapped with little or […]

A former policeman who was kicked off the force has appeared in court in Bushbuckridge along with three accomplices after being caught in Kruger National Park – in full view of holiday makers – allegedly on the way to poach rhino, according to news reports on Friday. A spokesman for the Hawks reportedly confirmed that the […]

Eighteen young elephants have been spirited out of Swaziland under “devious” circumstances to be taken to three US zoos before a court case could be heard about the damage that would be inflicted on the animals, according to an animal rights organization. Animal rights group Friends of Animals said in an open letter posted online on […]

It’s been quite a week for campers in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. On Tuesday morning I received a call that a man had been bitten by a hyaena, while he was asleep in his tent at Cape Vidal. Luckily it wasn’t life-threatening but nevertheless a hyaena with a penchant for biting people isn’t really what […]

Nothing like a bit of encouragement to push you when you’re cycling – which is exactly what this ostrich did to two foreign cyclists who were training for the Cape Town Cycle Tour. Their friend taping it all said he almost fell off his bike he was laughing so much. “We came down to South […]

A ranger in Kruger National Park was wounded in a shootout with three suspected poachers on Sunday in which one of the men was fatally wounded, according to park authorities. Field Ranger Killers Ubisi was shot and wounded in the arm during a firefight in the central Houtboschrand section of the park, according to a statement […]

A strike at Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa has led to a unique opportunity for locals to volunteer and get up close and personal with some of the over 2,000 animals, while the allegedly illegal strike continues. The zoo workers went on strike on Friday, causing the zoo to shut down, because of apparent issues with salaries […]

YouTube is filled with videos of scared cats, rabbits…and even a woodchuck (groundhog) hiding in the engine of cars, but a family in Africa were the ones who were scared when they found something larger and more dangerous hidden in their bonnet – a massive African rock python. Judging by the car registration plate, the […]

It’s been a big week for Kevin Richardson. South Africa’s Lion Whisperer reached the milestone of 150,000 followers on YouTube and he had awesome photos of himself and his mates, the lions, splashed all over media across the world. And for Kevin it’s fantastic news – because it means the story of the lion is […]

On World Wildlife Day, people from around the world are tweeting by the second – messages and pictures – to bring attention to species: the elephant, the rhino, the lion, the tiger, the moose, the butterfly, pandas, foxes, the Vietnamese langur (sought after for supposed medicinal qualities), dolphins, dugongs, pangolins, pythons, antelopes, the list goes on and on. And also, […]

A quick safari goer managed to film a rhino that began charging across the veld, not realising that it was aiming for a white vehicle right behind her.

Two members of the all-female rhino-saving brigade from South Africa the Black Mambas, who have been publicised around the world, have arrived in England to raise awareness and funds for their campaign. Siphiwe and Felicia are making the first visit to the United Kingdom on behalf of the Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit. They will be […]

The rescue of the cutest baby elephant by two brothers in Phalaborwa, South Africa, has been caught on film. The Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) uploaded the video saying: “Bela, originally thought to be a female, has been renamed Amanzi, which means water in Zulu. When you watch this clip, it will make sense why…” According to […]

The murder of a British pilot, Roger Gower, shot down by elephant poachers near the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania on January 28, highlighted the scale of the threat posed by armed crews of poachers. Tanzania’s elephant population has crashed from 109,000 to 40,000 in the past seven years. The threat to the African rhinoceros […]

They say when the cat’s away, the mice play… but it looks like the cats love to play too! We’ve all done this! Check out this mama lion having some fun with her hubby. South African National Parks uploaded this video to Facebook Thursday, saying: “Just when you thought lions don’t fool around in their spare […]

A long-serving member of staff at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (Ezemvelo) has tragically been killed by a sick lioness at Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park (HiP). The fatal attack occurred this morning. Ezemvelo published an official statement on its facebook page this afternoon saying it had “sadly learnt of the death of one of its long serving employees” who was fatally […]

CAPE TOWN – A small Southern Right whale carcass washed ashore on to the rocks in Bantry Bay on Sunday and was successfully removed by the National Sea Rescue Institute of South Africa, the city said. The public was urged to avoid the area while the whale removal was taking place. The carcass was taken to Granger Bay for […]

Thursday was one of those rare hot, wind free, incredible summer days in Cape Town. I was in the air by 8am and spent nearly three hours flying along the coast, photographing our amazing marine wildlife. The dusky dolphins were playing along the Blouberg shores, Table Bay was filled with baitballs and frenetic feeding activity and […]

It doesn’t look like this monkey is going to get up to any monkey business during the Chinese Year of the Monkey, which ends on 27 January 2017. This video, filmed at Twala Trust Animal Sanctuary in Zimbabwe, has gone viral on the internet this week at the same time as people around the world celebrate […]

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — The man who shot British pilot Roger Gower as he was flying an anti-poaching mission near the Serengeti 10 days ago has been arrested, and a criminal poaching ring uncovered, after an intense investigation, according to news reports. At least nine people were arrested, the Tanzanian authorities said on Monday, after […]

Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya posted this sweet video of a young rhino out for a brisk morning jog with one of the staff. The four-month-old southern white rhino calf was abandoned by its mother at birth, the conservancy says. Ol Pejeta is situated at the foot of Mount Kenya and is a trailblazer in conservation. It […]

Some 20 starving lions stranded in a zoo in war-torn Yemen are on the verge of dying as an animal aid agency tries to beat the clock to save them, a conservationist in South Africa who is involved in the negotiations said. The lions are in the town of Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest, which has been besieged by […]

For those who can’t make it for a safari trip in South Africa this year, here’s a collection of beautiful photos taken in Weenen Game Reserve during the last weekend of January 2016… All photos were taken by PETER DE GROOT who joined a small group of fellow photographers for a weekend of camping and photography in […]

PRETORIA – Residents of a house in Villeria got a surprise visitor in their back yard this week, when a 1.5-metre, 4.5-kilogram water monitor that had possibly escaped capture took refuge in their pool before the zoo came to rescue the reptile. The monitor was first discovered behind the family’s rubbish bin before it scurried into the pool, the […]

Kruger Sightings has uploaded this sweet footage of a baby rhino chasing the birds, together with a message saying “this video is dedicated to Roger Gower, a man who was killed this week, while protecting our precious wildlife.” British helicopter pilot Gower was shot down this weekend by poachers in Tanzania as he approached the scene […]