#Namibia Naude says #elephant killing exposes failed leadership at MEFT - he said the decision to put down the elephant, which had escaped from Etosha National Park after wildfires spread into the north-central regions, was not conservation but cowardice.

📹 & 📸  Griet Van Malderen

In #Namibia, a group of desert #Lions have left their traditional hunting grounds for the Atlantic coast, to become the world's only maritime #Lions, showing how resilient these animals are… that they change their habitat to survive! Read more here: https://t.co/I5Sv5HaOlY

#SouthAfrica Thousands of #Rhinos Are in Limbo. One Man Must Find Them Homes - meet Donovan Jooste, who has one of the world’s more unusual jobs: finding new homes for a seventh of the world’s population of white #rhinos over the next decade or so. #rewild https://t.co/aQ0EHe0G3p

📹 https://t.co/IBi0lDPWq4 IG

#RhinoFriday Against all odds, they endure — 6,788 critically #endangered black #rhinos still walking the wild heart of #Africa, a living treasure we must fiercely protect. Each one is a story of hope, resilience & the will to survive. Let’s keep that story alive. #SaveTheRhino

#EU blocks #Namibia's #rhino horn trade proposal - the EU remains firm in its rejection & warns that legal trade is more likely to increase demand, encourage #poaching & make it easier to smuggle illegal goods into legal channels. #NoToRhinoHornTrade

#Namibia disregards the dangers of trade as it seeks to sell #elephant #ivory & #rhino horn - a move many #conservation organisations warn would be catastrophic for remaining wild populations, not just in Namibia but elsewhere in #Africa too.

#Namibia disgraceful! #KAZA chief warden, Willem Ponahazo accused of conspiring with #poachers! He's facing charges of conspiracy to #hunt specially protected game (#rhinos) & possession of a firearm & ammunition without a license. #NoBailJail #CORRUPTION! https://t.co/4SqFx88JL6

https://t.co/nhA4Cjg2dw my 24 years of guiding,this is the Biggest Tusker I’ve ever seen in the Southern Part of #Myoffice,Kruger National Park.What a Giant💪🏿💪🏿

Republic of Congo - 2 ivory traffickers arrested with 4 tusks in the north of the country in a hitting cross border trafficking from Gabon. Good work of Crepin, Evariste, Romeo and Jules with the authorities. #wildlifelawenforcement #wildlifecrime #illegalwildlifetrade

📸 Solly Levi

#Africa’s unicorn — but this is no myth. A living relic of strength & survival, standing on the edge of #extinction. Every dawn, rangers rise to defend them from greed. Every night the #rhino horn that should never be taken becomes a target. Speak 4 them, silence is complicity!

In an intelligence driven operation today, 4 suspects were arrested at Makro Wonderboom, Pretoria, 2 were SAPS police officers, 2 x 9mm pistols retrieved. Outstanding work from SAPS Cullinan stock theft & Endangered species, SAPS Silverton K9 & support from US Homeland Security

#RhinoFriday 🦏 Nature’s armoured lawnmowers at work. Every mouthful keeps the grasslands healthy, creating space for countless other species to thrive. Protect the #rhino, protect the #ecosystem. #Conservation 📹 Hugh Morris IG

#SouthAfrica fantastic news! @environmentza has held firm against pressure from #lion breeders to export #lion bones & parts & has reduced the #lion bone export quota to zero! 👏👏#EndWildlifeTrade https://t.co/oDGn2zG3NB

#SouthAfrica Meet Zeus, the remarkable Belgian Malinois patrolling Gqeberha’s coastline for nearly 18 months, & in that time has made an undeniable impact on the illegal perlemoen trade that plagues the area. He's recovered > than 100 bags of perlelemoen!

#RhinoFriday Rhino stealth mode activated....

#SouthAfrica #Elephants, Excuses, & Exclusion: NSPCA Fights Empty Promises on Madikwe Crisis - We are being presented with a fait accompli behind a veil of secrecy, denied access to meeting minutes, & our expertise is being dismissed when it's needed most.

Farewell, #JaneGoodall (1934–2025). From Gombe’s forests to the world’s conscience, she lit the path of compassion. She showed us that humanity & nature are one thread, woven in respect and wonder. 🌍🐒🌿Her light fades, but her legacy will guide us always. #RIPJaneGoodall