Blog posts in News

Wildlife ACT wins 2nd place at World Responsible Tourism Awards!

The World Responsible Tourism Awards 2018 were held in London on 7 November, where Wildlife ACT won 2nd place in the category ‘Best for Wildlife’. According to the World Responsible Tourism... read more

Six New African Wild Dogs Introduced to Somkhanda Game Reserve!

The key to the survival of Africa’s endangered species is ensuring that they are reintroduced into well managed protected areas where they can safely roam and strengthen in number. This month,... read more

Here we go again: Lion Bone – ‘To Trade or Not to Trade’ – It Clearly Matters

Last week I attended a South African Parliamentary Colloquium on the captive lion breeding industry in South Africa. There are anywhere between 6000 and 8000 lions being bred in captivity within... read more

Somkhanda Welcomes Four New Lion Cubs

On 29 May the Somkhanda Game Reserve priority species monitoring team heard the sound of very young lion cubs vocalising close to what was thought to perhaps be a den site. “For the next two months... read more

Elephant Poaching Incident Report

A recent report from Elephants Without Borders has detailed a sighting of 48 elephant carcasses in a single day whilst flying over an unnamed region of Botswana, currently believed to be one of... read more

First Humpback Whale Survey in Nearly Two Decades

The East Coast Humpback Whale Survey, which began in late June 2018, has gotten off to a good start in Cape Vidal, iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Consistent whale numbers have already been recorded by... read more

New PantheraIDS Software Comes to the Leopard Survey

The Wildlife ACT Leopard Survey team were recently joined by Panthera staff for an intensive two-day training workshop. With coffee brewed and laptops charged, the training began. Firstly, Ross... read more

First Ever African Wild Dog Introduction to Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Partnerships continue to drive endangered species conservation success as endangered African Wild Dogs are reintroduced to Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique after decades of absence In a... read more

Conservation Update: VHF Collar Fitted on 5 Animals on uMkhuze!

The new year has started well at the uMkhuze section of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park World Heritage Site. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife have made some important proactive management moves and a total of 5... read more

Hong Kong Ivory Ban: Will Other Countries Follow Suit?

The world is a-twitter with the news of the Hong Kong ivory ban – a decision to entirely ban the sale of ivory by 2021 – the result of tireless lobbying by conservation activists in Asia... read more