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Safari diaries over the years
A Big Mistake
A remarkable situation! Elephants are the most intelligent of creatures but sometimes they too, make mistakes. This cow was obviously crushed when the baobab she was feeding on, fell on top of...
Victoria Falls Hotel – the history
The Victoria Falls Hotel owes its existence to the arrival of the railway line; when it reached Victoria Falls the development of tourism on the south bank of the Zambezi started in earnest. Cecil...
Head into the clouds! The Kirstenbosch “Boomslang”!
Head into the clouds - on the Kirstenbosch walkway. It may not be the highest walkway through a forest canopy, nor the longest or the most thrilling, but it may just be the most invisible. I didn’t...
Namibian elephant in farmlands subject of hunting debate
According to an article recently published in The Namibian a bull elephant has been making its way across commercial and game farms in the Hochfeld and Omitara areas of Namibia and has...
Elephants Without Borders
Written by: Kelly Landen on behalf of Elephants Without Borders A young bull elephant was sighted with a horrible snare wrapped around his front leg. After an initial assessment, a decision had been...
Anti-poaching story goes viral in China
A newspaper story about the impact of the ivory trade has gone viral in China, raising awareness among millions of Chinese, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The story,...
There is a crocodile under my bed!
Source: Daily Mail Like every other morning, Guy Whitall woke up, slung his legs over the side of the bed, and planned his day before walking through to the kitchen. But what started off as...
The Baobab Tree
Its bark is fire resistant. Its fruit is edible. It scoffs at the driest droughts. It shrugs, and another decade has passed. It is the baobab, one of the longest-living, strangest looking trees in...
Drones Will Soon Monitor Endangered Animals in Africa
Belgian research team says there are still kinks to work out before drones replace airplane surveillance. Elephants in Burkina Faso are photographed from a height of 300 meters using a drone....