Ed Stoddard
@EdStoddardZA
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Freelance journo covering commodities, wildlife and other issues from Johannesburg. Obsessed with fly-fishing, running, red wine and pizza. Views own
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Joined March 2012
Flight plan — 23 vulture chicks hatch at Eastern Cape reserve, marking rewilding milestone
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A year after relocating 160 vultures across more than 1,000 kilometres, non-profit organisation Vulpro has announced the birth of more than 20 chicks at its breeding centre at Shamwari Private Game...
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RT @nexta_tv: 🐻 In Canada, a bear broke into a house — but ran into a Pomeranian with an attitude. In Vancouver, the bear snuck into an art….
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Tebogo Malaka ‘sting’ – here’s why Daily Maverick did it and what's next
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The action of the Independent Development Trust’s CEO and her spokesperson is an assault on the fourth estate, a vital pillar of a functioning democracy, and on freedom of expression.
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‘Sick to my stomach’ — Minister Macpherson lays criminal charges against suspended IDT CEO, spokesperson
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Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson has laid criminal charges against suspended Independent Development Trust chief executive Tebogo Malaka and spokesperson Phasha Makgolane,...
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An update on the SA/Mozambique cheetah translocation . cheetah Cautious optimism as translocated SA cheetahs fill a new Mozambican ecological niche
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The hope is that these cheetahs will take to their new and challenging surroundings, filling an ecological niche that was opened by their long absence from the region.
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Indigenous communities reject misleading, disrespectful narratives on hunting
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Animal rights groups are working to undermine legal, regulated hunting, in particular trophy hunting. But they are not offering real alternatives.
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It's getting crazy out there . Loaded for Bear: As Anthropocene descends into the ‘Madocene’ a ‘Madness Index’ is in order
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I propose that a Madness Index could supplement the Uncertainty Index. The global body politic is going right off its rocker, howling at the moon like some demented wolf on an acid trip.
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RT @DavidCornDC: The Trump administration just gave one of the most infamous sex offenders in US history a prison upgrade. You have to wond….
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RT @TheOnion: Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have
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WASHINGTON—Describing the shift as a troubling indicator for the health of the nation’s system of governance, watchdog group Freedom House published a report Wednesday downgrading the United States...
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RT @SimonPB: I get the point around worries of misaligned inflation anchoring; Treasury at 4.5% and Sarb at 3.0%. But the point is also th….
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RT @TheOnion: Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up
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SYDNEY—Saying the ruse began as a harmless prank about the continent’s mammals having pouches, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese admitted Tuesday that all those animals like wallabies,...
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