22 people killed by one rampaging elephant in Jharkand RANCHI, Jharkhand, India; GABORONE, Botswana––“Rogue elephant kills two more in Jharkhand, toll reaches 22 in nine days,” bannered Mukesh Ranjan for the New Indian Express on January 9, 2025. This came just 48 hours after Shashi Singh of The Statesman, an Indian national newspaper published since […]
South Africa livestock transport put back under NSPCA inspection authority
South African High Court rules against the live transport industry, in favor of the National Council of SPCAs MAKHANDA, South Africa––The South African National Council of SPCAs on November 18, 2025 rejoiced over a verdict from Eastern Cape Division of the High Court in Makhanda restoring the ability of the NSPCA to investigate cruelty to […]
Animal agribusiness on defense worldwide as U.S. Farm Bill battle looms
Agribusiness stakes hopes on getting EATS Act into the Farm Bill WASHINGTON D.C.––From Capitol Hill corridors in Washington D.C. to the East London docks in South Africa and the fur farms of Finland, animal agribusiness is on the defensive lately as never before, and not just because the National Geographic web site on August 7, […]
South Africa debates end to “canned lion” industry & ivory sales
“High-Level Panel Report on Lions, Rhinos, Elephants & Leopards” recommends turnabout in national wildlife policy JOHANNESBURG, South Africa––A South African government wildlife policy study recommends an end to breeding captive lions for cub-petting, trophy shoots of captive-bred and raised lions, and exports of lion bones for use in traditional Chinese medicine. The paper also […]
Botswana, please rethink resuming hunting! by Sebastian Mwanza
Ian Khama, former president of Botswana, resigns from ruling party when successor undoes ban on trophy hunting Editor’s note: Outraged and disappointed that his handpicked successor Mokgweetsi Masisi had ended a five-year-old ban on trophy hunting, Ian Khama, president of Botswana from 2008 to 2018, on May 25, 2019 resigned from the Botswana Democratic Party […]