Conservation
News, views, and reviews on wildlife conservation relating to the global travel, tourism and hospitality industry.
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World First As Cheetah Brothers Relocate From UK To South Africa
Paarl and Graaff-Reinet, South Africa, January 2020 – Two 2.5-year-old cheetahs from Howletts Wild Animal Park, near Canterbury will leave…
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Great White Shark Behaviour
Great White Shark Behaviour & Information Great White Sharks engage in a number of behavioural and social activities, ranging…
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New Home for Pioneer Cheetah Jasmin
The first successfully wilded female cheetah makes her way to Makutsi, Limpopo Makutsi Safari Springs, Limpopo – October 2019: In…
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Buffalo introduced for the first time at Zulu Rock Lodge
In a positive development for tourism and the ecology of the Babanango area of Zululand, Zulu Rock Lodge recently made…
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Another Milestone for Cheetah Breeding, Wilding and Release Project
The team behind the Cheetah Breeding, Wilding and Release Project – Ashia Cheetah Conservation NPO and Kuzuko Lodge – have…
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5 Unique Reasons to Visit Inverdoorn Game Reserve
Besides the fact that Inverdoorn is conveniently positioned a mere 2.5 hours drive from Cape Town International Airport (and 40 minutes from Aquila…
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Lion Trade Threatens South African Tourism Industry
Unpacking the impact the lion trade has on South Africa's tourism industry and what we as citizens can do to…
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Game Reserve Dehornes Rhino to Combat Poaching
Mount Camdeboo Private Game Reserve embarks on dehorning its rhinos to combat the impact of poaching #ConservationInAction Cape Town, 5…
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Amakhala Celebrates 20 Years of Conservation and Community
This year Amakhala Game Reserve celebrates 20 years of Conservation and Community, continuing to thrive as a unique example of…
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Global End to African Elephant Exports
The first vote at the 18th meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties has delivered a historic win for…
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200th Black Rhino Translocated
South Africa, 7 August 2019 – Marking a major milestone in wildlife conservation, the WWF-SA Black Rhino Range Expansion Project…
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World Elephant Day Events
World Elephant Day, celebrated internationally on 12 August each year, aims to create awareness of the plight of African and Asian elephants by sharing…
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Voluntourism At Ashia Cheetah Sanctuary
Ashia Cheetah Sanctuary and Awareness Centre offers opportunities to participate in ground-breaking conservation programme CAPE TOWN, 20 June 2019 –…
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Kuzuko Welcomes Second Cheetah Cub Litter
PORT ELIZABETH, 20 June 2019 – Following the milestone birth of the first litter of Cheetah cubs in the wild…
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Giltedge Joins Conservation Forces
“We are in a unique position to inspire and inform travellers about the challenges we face when building hotels and…
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How You Can Help Save The African Pangolin
CAPE TOWN, 18 May 2019 – Eye of the Pangolin, a ground-breaking new documentary about the most trafficked mammal on…
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Birth Of Cheetah Cubs A Milestone Event For Breeding Project
Kuzuko Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, 11 April 2019 – During the early hours of a stormy late-summer morning, the first…
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Cheetah Release For Metapopulation Legacy
Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 14 March 2019 – The release of a captive-born female cheetah named Jasmin onto Kuzuko Lodge,…
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Cheetah Sanctuary Attains Fair Trade Accreditation
Ashia, a world-class cheetah sanctuary outside Paarl in South Africa’s Western Cape, has this month been awarded Fair Trade Tourism’s…
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Cheetah Swap To Boost Metapopulation
The recent swap of male cheetah between Samara Private Game Reserve and Welgevonden Game Reserve will have significant implications for…
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Major Boost for Responsible Tourism in Conservation
The signing of a historic Cooperative Agreement between Kruger National Park and private reserves, state reserves and communal areas on…
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Former Botswana President Commits to Tuli Conservation
The Tuli Conservation Trust (CBE) has announced the appointment of the Former President of Botswana, His Excellency Lieutenant General Dr…
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Lions return to the Great Karoo
More than 180 years ago, South Africa’s Great Karoo region was roamed by the majestic Cape lion – a particularly…
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SANParks Receives 3 Million Rand For Anti-Poaching
SKUKUZA, Mpumalanga, 26 October 2018 – South African National Parks (SANParks) received a 3 Million Rand donation from the Legacy Experience…
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Great Karoo Reserve Goes Big Five
Mount Camdeboo Private Game Reserve has announced that it will be furthering its long-term conservation vision with the introduction of…
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Toyota Donates 4×4 for SANParks Anti-Poaching
PRETORIA, South Africa, 19 October 2018 – In an effort to contribute to the fight against rhino poaching and other wildlife…
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First Captive-born Cheetah Released at Kuzuko Lodge
CAPE TOWN, Paarl, 07 September 2018 – Cheetah Experience Ashia hosted guests and media at their cheetah sanctuary today to…
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The Killing of Tourism in South Africa
Canned lion hunting and trading in lion skeletons are having ever-widening negative ramifications for tourism in South Africa, with more…
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SANParks Marks World Ranger Day 2018
PORT ELIZABETH, 31 July 2018 – The Department of Environmental Affairs in collaboration with South African National Parks (SANParks) today launched…
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Fair Trade Tourism Publishes Captive Wildlife Guidelines
SOUTH AFRICA, 23 July 2018 – Fair Trade Tourism (FTT) has published its Captive Wildlife Guidelines, which aim to assist the…
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Duo Paddle to Save Shongweni Reserve on #MandelaDay2018
DURBAN, 18 July 2018 – In honour of International Mandela Day today, the founder of Conservation Guardians, Greg Vogt and Italian-born, Sara…
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Power Lines Driving Cape Vultures to Extinction
VulPro, an NGO that works tirelessly to safeguard Africa’s vulture population through rescue and rehabilitation, has warned that unless urgent…
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Carnage on Eastern Cape Vultures
On the 10 April 2018, VulPro was informed that one of their tagged vultures, Cape Vulture (CV) 283, was in…
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Hope for Elephant as China Bans Ivory
It has only been a few days since the new year, but 2018 is already bringing new hope for Africa’s…
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Wild Horizons Stops Elephant-back Safaris
As of 01 January 2018, Wild Horizons will cease to offer elephant-back safaris and will instead offer an elephant conservation…
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Africa’s Endangered Wildlife Species
Year after year, one wildlife species or another gets added to the endangered list around the globe. In Africa, the…
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Kruger Park 2017 Rhino Census
To mark World Rhino Day (22 September), fellow filmmaker Susan Scott and I were granted exclusive access to the 2017…
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A Ranger’s View On Rhino Poaching
Xolani Nicholas Funda, Chief Ranger of the Kruger National Park, says that Rangers are fighting an uphill battle against lawless…
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Rehabilitating Benin’s Pendjari National Park
The Presidency of the Republic of Benin and the conservation NGO African Parks announce the signing of a 10-year renewable…
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Making the Most of an African Safari
Tourists come to South Africa for two things – sun and safari. But do they understand that in order to…
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World Pangolin Day 2017: What the Trade Ban Means for Conservation
Pangolins gained the highest level of protection under CITES with the decision to bring in a ban on international trade.…
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Recording Wildlife Spotting Online
WildSpots.org is a free iOS and Android mobile application and website for recording the migration and distribution of individual…
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Open Letter: China’s Wildlife Crimes in Namibia
In this Open Letter to China’s Ambassador Xin Shunkang, Dr Chris Brown, CEO of the Namibian Chamber of Environment, demands…
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Exploring Game Capacity at Big Five Reserves
Ever wondered why some game reserves have more Big Five sightings than others? This article provides the answers. By Des…
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Anti-Poaching: To Rescue or to Shoot Injured Wildlife?
While on a game drive through a reserve in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, our tour group spotted two animals that had fallen…
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Blood Lions & Wild Dogs
A coalition of three male lions was collared and released from their holding boma into the uMkhuze section of the…
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Lalibela Repopulates Game Reserve
The three main aspects of any African safari are the game-viewing, the accommodation and the food. But the main reason…
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Remembering Cecil the Lion
Remembering Cecil the Lion on World Lion Day Editors note: World Lion Day, celebrated on in August each year, is…
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The Other Side of the Rhino War
A heart wrenching account of life as a Game Ranger’s daughter. This article details the fear and trials that the…
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Meerkat Adventures
A meerkat conservation project established in 2008 to educate both farmers and tourists alike on the need for protection of…
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Vulture Saving Initiative Takes Flight
VulPro is proud to announce the launch of a funding partnership with UK based The Hawking Centre, writes Kerri Wolter.…
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Eskom Carnage On Vultures Continues
The recent discovery of another 4 Cape vultures found electrocuted by the Eskom distribution network in the Eastern Cape, should…
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Elephant-friendly Tourism Pledge Appeal
World Animal Protection are appealing to the travel trade to show their commitment to elephant-firendly tourism by signing a pledge.…
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Vultures and Aviation
Vultures are listed as endangered and VulPro are appealing to pilots to respect Africa’s vultures and their habitat. Even one…
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Rwanda Gorilla Naming Ceremony
Tourists from Around the World Will Travel to Rwanda for the 11th Annual Kwita Izina, Themed “Conserving Now and For…
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Rhino Award Winners
The heroic actions of those that fight for the conservation of rhino were recently acknowledged, celebrated and rewarded at the…
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Rhino Conservation Awards Honour Rangers
Game rangers are the soldiers on the frontlines in the war against the desecration of a species, putting their lives…
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Call for China to Support Africa Conservation
Following Tourism Tattler’s article ‘Taking Responsible Tourism to China’ in the April edition, Dorria Watt follows up with the outcome…
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The Business of Conservation
This article is extracted from a lecture presented by Paul Tudor Jones II, at the University of Glasgow’s Bute Hall…
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Shark Research on the Whale Coast
Whale Coast Conservation’s innovative public participation programme, asks holiday-makers and students to collect shark egg cases found along the Cape…
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2015 – Year of the Rhino?
Unofficially, the national statistic for rhino poaching deaths in South Africa during 2014 is 1173 – will 2015 be any…
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Rhino Orphanage Raffles for Funds
The Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage is a refuge in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa where orphaned rhino from poaching are welcomed and…
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Trade in Rhino Horn Debate
The August 2014 edition of the Tourism Tattler magazine features 5 pages of in-depth articles on the rising debate in…
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World Heritage Sites List for Africa
The importance of World Heritage sites in Africa cannot be underestimated. World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of…
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Botswana’s Okavango Delta
Botswana’s Okavango Delta became the 1000th site inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage…
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CACH Accused of Harming Conservation
Is the Campaign Against Canned Hunting (CACH) a threat to conservation? – You decide! Three large NGO’s dominate the SA…
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Open Invitation To The Travel Industry
Tourism Tattler supports the following Open Invitational letter initiated by Chris Mercer and Bev Pervan of the Campaign Against Canned Hunting…
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OSCAP Rhino Conference
UPDATE: The OSCAP rhino trade conference in Johannesburg last week resolved to act against any proposals to legalise the rhino…
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March for Lions – A Roaring Success
The Global March for Lions held on March 15th was a roaring success in terms of support and media exposure.…
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March for Lions on March 15th
What to do when Sustainable Use, becomes Sustained Abuse Join the Global March for Lions to stop the canned hunting…
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Plan B for Rhino Conservation
The tragedy of the horn debate is that South Africa’s highly respected rhino custodians (park authorities, field rangers, anti-poaching, monitoring…
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Major Victory in Conservation Battle
Following the feature article “Virunga Under Oil Threat – DR Congo” published in the Tourism Tattler October 2013 edition (pages…
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Tanzania elephant poaching under UN spotlight
Failing to combat poaching of elephants and illegal trade in ivory, Tanzania has been placed under the United Nations (UN)…
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€14.4 Million Boost to Fund Rhino Anti-Poaching
The fight against rhino poaching has received a boost, with a international pledge of €14.4 million (R232.2 million) to the…
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Say No to Trade in Rhino Horn
The highly questionable motive to reinstate a legalised trade in rhino horn, as is currently being purported by numerous “conservationists”…
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Global March for Lions – 15 March 2014
South African wildlife activists have initiated a Global March for Lions that will be held in designated cities throughout the…
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10 Years of Xmas Babies for Elephants Alive
Elephants Alive thought you would enjoy some photos of baby elephants which we have sighted over the past 10 years.…
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Poaching: Latest News in Africa
Is it all bad news in the war, poachers vs wildlife? Oxpeckers reports on the latest developments. Click on a…
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Thula Thula Rhinos Dye
To face the harsh reality of rhino poaching in South Africa, rhino horn infusion is being used as a security…
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Midlands Meander Association supports rare Karkloof Blue butterfly
The Midlands Meander Association recently donated R10 000 to the Endangered Karkloof Blue Butterfly Conservation Programme as part of their longstanding…
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End of the Road for Rhino Knights
After traversing 9,259km on foot and bicycle around Southern Africa for rhino, Isabel Wolf-Gillespie finally completed the marathon journey after…
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Virunga Under Oil Threat – DR Congo
Ever heard of Virunga? It’s Africa’s oldest national park, and a treasured World Heritage Site, located in the Democratic Republic…
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Serengeti Highway Update
Tanzanian contracts awarded to tarmac roads West of the Serengeti Serengeti Watch, a non-profit organisation founded to oppose the Tanzania…
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Rhino Knights Update
After traversing South Africa, Namibia and Botswana Isabel Wolf-Gillespie reports on her progress from Zimbabwe, since departing on her 10,000km…
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Samara Introduces New Mandela Landscapes Tour
Samara Private Game Reserve in South Africa’s beautiful Eastern Cape, is delighted to announce a new seven day tour which…
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Rhino Knights Update 3
After traversing South Africa and Namibia Isabel Wolf-Gillespie reports on her progress from Botswana, since departing on her arduous 10,000km…
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Can we afford to experiment with rhinos?
The recent announcement by the South African Minster of Environment, expressing the South African Government’s endorsement of a proposal to…
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The Economics Of The Illegal Wildlife Trade
The illegal trade of animals or animal parts has become one of the most lucrative black market activities in the…
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Rhino Knights Update
Isabel Wolf-Gillespie reports on her progress since departing on her arduous 10,000km journey in May to raise awareness of the…
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Greed beats logic: why a legal rhino horn trade won’t work
Further to the article ‘To Breed, to Dehorn or to Poison?’ that I posted under the Tourism Tattler’s ‘Conservation’ subject…
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Rhino Knights Update
Following our article published in the May edition (‘A Rhino Knight’s Tale’), Isabel Wolf-Gillespie reports on her progress since departing…
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To Breed, to Dehorn or to Poison?
The debate on how best to conserve Africa’s dwindling rhino population rages on. Is flooding the market with legally harvested…
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A Rhino Knight’s Tale
In early 2009, the entire population of eleven Rhino were killed on an Eastern Cape reserve where we ran our…
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SANParks plans ahead with Responsible Tourism Strategy
South African National Parks (SANParks) has released its 2022 Responsible Tourism Strategy (2022 RTS), which plans ahead to overcome potential…
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Go Wild
Multiple entrance fees to South Africa’s national parks can be a tad expensive for international tourists, but advising them to…
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Seychelles launches Sustainable Tourism Label logo
The Seychelles launched its Sustainable Tourism Label programme and logo during a ceremony organised as part of the islands’ celebration…
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Will a highway destroy Tanzania’s Serengeti?
Award winning journalist, Don George spoke with Dave Blanton, Executive Director and co-founder of Serengeti Watch, about the current status…
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Strategic partnership for Rhino
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (Ezemvelo), the Wildlands Conservation Trust (Wildlands) and the African Conservation Trust (ACT) have formed a strategic partnership…
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Keeping track of Penguins
Where do African Penguins go when they’re not breeding? This may sound like the opening line to a lame joke,…
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IOTC moves to protect Albatrosses
The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) has agreed to measures that, if appropriately implemented by tuna longline fishing vessels, will…
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