News, views, and reviews on wildlife conservation relating to the global travel, tourism and hospitality industry.
Paarl and Graaff-Reinet, South Africa, January 2020 – Two 2.5-year-old cheetahs from Howletts Wild Animal Park, near Canterbury will leave…
Great White Sharks engage in a number of behavioural and social activities, ranging from courtship to complex social behaviour. White…
The first successfully wilded female cheetah makes her way to Makutsi, Limpopo Makutsi Safari Springs, Limpopo – October 2019: In…
In a positive development for tourism and the ecology of the Babanango area of Zululand, Zulu Rock Lodge recently made…
The team behind the Cheetah Breeding, Wilding and Release Project – Ashia Cheetah Conservation NPO and Kuzuko Lodge – have…
Besides the fact that Inverdoorn is conveniently positioned a mere 2.5 hours drive from Cape Town International Airport (and 40 minutes from Aquila…
Unpacking the impact the lion trade has on South Africa's tourism industry and what we as citizens can do to…
Mount Camdeboo Private Game Reserve embarks on dehorning its rhinos to combat the impact of poaching #ConservationInAction Cape Town, 5…
This year Amakhala Game Reserve celebrates 20 years of Conservation and Community, continuing to thrive as a unique example of…
The first vote at the 18th meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties has delivered a historic win for…
South Africa, 7 August 2019 – Marking a major milestone in wildlife conservation, the WWF-SA Black Rhino Range Expansion Project…
World Elephant Day, celebrated internationally on 12 August each year, aims to create awareness of the plight of African and Asian elephants by sharing…
Ashia Cheetah Sanctuary and Awareness Centre offers opportunities to participate in ground-breaking conservation programme CAPE TOWN, 20 June 2019 –…
PORT ELIZABETH, 20 June 2019 – Following the milestone birth of the first litter of Cheetah cubs in the wild…
“We are in a unique position to inspire and inform travellers about the challenges we face when building hotels and…
CAPE TOWN, 18 May 2019 – Eye of the Pangolin, a ground-breaking new documentary about the most trafficked mammal on…
Kuzuko Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, 11 April 2019 – During the early hours of a stormy late-summer morning, the first…
Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 14 March 2019 – The release of a captive-born female cheetah named Jasmin onto Kuzuko Lodge,…
Ashia, a world-class cheetah sanctuary outside Paarl in South Africa’s Western Cape, has this month been awarded Fair Trade Tourism’s…
The recent swap of male cheetah between Samara Private Game Reserve and Welgevonden Game Reserve will have significant implications for…
The signing of a historic Cooperative Agreement between Kruger National Park and private reserves, state reserves and communal areas on…
The Tuli Conservation Trust (CBE) has announced the appointment of the Former President of Botswana, His Excellency Lieutenant General Dr…
More than 180 years ago, South Africa’s Great Karoo region was roamed by the majestic Cape lion – a particularly…
SKUKUZA, Mpumalanga, 26 October 2018 – South African National Parks (SANParks) received a 3 Million Rand donation from the Legacy Experience…
Mount Camdeboo Private Game Reserve has announced that it will be furthering its long-term conservation vision with the introduction of…
PRETORIA, South Africa, 19 October 2018 – In an effort to contribute to the fight against rhino poaching and other wildlife…
CAPE TOWN, Paarl, 07 September 2018 – Cheetah Experience Ashia hosted guests and media at their cheetah sanctuary today to…
Canned lion hunting and trading in lion skeletons are having ever-widening negative ramifications for tourism in South Africa, with more…
PORT ELIZABETH, 31 July 2018 – The Department of Environmental Affairs in collaboration with South African National Parks (SANParks) today launched…
SOUTH AFRICA, 23 July 2018 – Fair Trade Tourism (FTT) has published its Captive Wildlife Guidelines, which aim to assist the…
DURBAN, 18 July 2018 – In honour of International Mandela Day today, the founder of Conservation Guardians, Greg Vogt and Italian-born, Sara…
VulPro, an NGO that works tirelessly to safeguard Africa’s vulture population through rescue and rehabilitation, has warned that unless urgent…
On the 10 April 2018, VulPro was informed that one of their tagged vultures, Cape Vulture (CV) 283, was in…
It has only been a few days since the new year, but 2018 is already bringing new hope for Africa’s…
As of 01 January 2018, Wild Horizons will cease to offer elephant-back safaris and will instead offer an elephant conservation…
Year after year, one wildlife species or another gets added to the endangered list around the globe. In Africa, the…
To mark World Rhino Day (22 September), fellow filmmaker Susan Scott and I were granted exclusive access to the 2017…
Xolani Nicholas Funda, Chief Ranger of the Kruger National Park, says that Rangers are fighting an uphill battle against lawless…
The Presidency of the Republic of Benin and the conservation NGO African Parks announce the signing of a 10-year renewable…
Tourists come to South Africa for two things – sun and safari. But do they understand that in order to…
Pangolins gained the highest level of protection under CITES with the decision to bring in a ban on international trade.…
WildSpots.org is a free iOS and Android mobile application and website for recording the migration and distribution of individual…
In this Open Letter to China’s Ambassador Xin Shunkang, Dr Chris Brown, CEO of the Namibian Chamber of Environment, demands…
Ever wondered why some game reserves have more Big Five sightings than others? This article provides the answers. By Des…
While on a game drive through a reserve in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, our tour group spotted two animals that had fallen…
A coalition of three male lions was collared and released from their holding boma into the uMkhuze section of the…
The three main aspects of any African safari are the game-viewing, the accommodation and the food. But the main reason…
Editors note: World Lion Day, celebrated on in August each year, is an independent campaign working to highlight the importance…
A heart wrenching account of life as a Game Ranger’s daughter. This article details the fear and trials that the…
A meerkat conservation project established in 2008 to educate both farmers and tourists alike on the need for protection of…
VulPro is proud to announce the launch of a funding partnership with UK based The Hawking Centre, writes Kerri Wolter.…
The recent discovery of another 4 Cape vultures found electrocuted by the Eskom distribution network in the Eastern Cape, should…
World Animal Protection are appealing to the travel trade to show their commitment to elephant-firendly tourism by signing a pledge.…
Vultures are listed as endangered and VulPro are appealing to pilots to respect Africa’s vultures and their habitat. Even one…
Tourists from Around the World Will Travel to Rwanda for the 11th Annual Kwita Izina, Themed “Conserving Now and For…
The heroic actions of those that fight for the conservation of rhino were recently acknowledged, celebrated and rewarded at the…
Game rangers are the soldiers on the frontlines in the war against the desecration of a species, putting their lives…
Following Tourism Tattler’s article ‘Taking Responsible Tourism to China’ in the April edition, Dorria Watt follows up with the outcome…
This article is extracted from a lecture presented by Paul Tudor Jones II, at the University of Glasgow’s Bute Hall…
Whale Coast Conservation’s innovative public participation programme, asks holiday-makers and students to collect shark egg cases found along the Cape…
Unofficially, the national statistic for rhino poaching deaths in South Africa during 2014 is 1173 – will 2015 be any…
The Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage is a refuge in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa where orphaned rhino from poaching are welcomed and…
The August 2014 edition of the Tourism Tattler magazine features 5 pages of in-depth articles on the rising debate in…
The importance of World Heritage sites in Africa cannot be underestimated. World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of…
Botswana’s Okavango Delta became the 1000th site inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage…
Is the Campaign Against Canned Hunting (CACH) a threat to conservation? – You decide! Three large NGO’s dominate the SA…
Tourism Tattler supports the following Open Invitational letter initiated by Chris Mercer and Bev Pervan of the Campaign Against Canned Hunting…
UPDATE: The OSCAP rhino trade conference in Johannesburg last week resolved to act against any proposals to legalise the rhino…
The Global March for Lions held on March 15th was a roaring success in terms of support and media exposure.…
What to do when Sustainable Use, becomes Sustained Abuse Join the Global March for Lions to stop the canned hunting…
The tragedy of the horn debate is that South Africa’s highly respected rhino custodians (park ities, field rangers, anti-poaching, monitoring…
Following the feature article “Virunga Under Oil Threat – DR Congo” published in the Tourism Tattler October 2013 edition (pages…
Failing to combat poaching of elephants and illegal trade in ivory, Tanzania has been placed under the United Nations (UN)…
The fight against rhino poaching has received a boost, with a international pledge of €14.4 million (R232.2 million) to the…
The highly questionable motive to reinstate a legalised trade in rhino horn, as is currently being purported by numerous “conservationists”…
South African wildlife activists have initiated a Global March for Lions that will be held in designated cities throughout the…
Elephants Alive thought you would enjoy some photos of baby elephants which we have sighted over the past 10 years.…
Is it all bad news in the war, poachers vs wildlife? Oxpeckers reports on the latest developments. Click on a…
To face the harsh reality of rhino poaching in South Africa, rhino horn infusion is being used as a security…
The Midlands Meander Association recently donated R10 000 to the Endangered Karkloof Blue Butterfly Conservation Programme as part of their longstanding…
After traversing 9,259km on foot and bicycle around Southern Africa for rhino, Isabel Wolf-Gillespie finally completed the marathon journey after…
Ever heard of Virunga? It’s Africa’s oldest national park, and a treasured World Heritage Site, located in the Democratic Republic…
Tanzanian contracts awarded to tarmac roads West of the Serengeti Serengeti Watch, a non-profit organisation founded to oppose the Tanzania…
After traversing South Africa, Namibia and Botswana Isabel Wolf-Gillespie reports on her progress from Zimbabwe, since departing on her 10,000km…
Samara Private Game Reserve in South Africa’s beautiful Eastern Cape, is delighted to announce a new seven day tour which…
After traversing South Africa and Namibia Isabel Wolf-Gillespie reports on her progress from Botswana, since departing on her arduous 10,000km…
The recent announcement by the South African Minster of Environment, expressing the South African Government’s endorsement of a proposal to…
The illegal trade of animals or animal parts has become one of the most lucrative black market activities in the…
Isabel Wolf-Gillespie reports on her progress since departing on her arduous 10,000km journey in May to raise awareness of the…
Further to the article ‘To Breed, to Dehorn or to Poison?‘ that I posted under the Tourism Tattler’s ‘Conservation’ subject…
Following our article published in the May edition (‘A Rhino Knight’s Tale’), Isabel Wolf-Gillespie reports on her progress since departing…
The debate on how best to conserve Africa’s dwindling rhino population rages on. Is flooding the market with legally harvested…
In early 2009, the entire population of eleven Rhino were killed on an Eastern Cape reserve where we ran our…
South African National Parks (SANParks) has released its 2022 Responsible Tourism Strategy (2022 RTS), which plans ahead to overcome potential…
Multiple entrance fees to South Africa’s national parks can be a tad expensive for international tourists, but advising them to…
The Seychelles launched its Sustainable Tourism Label programme and logo during a ceremony organised as part of the islands’ celebration…
Award winning journalist, Don George spoke with Dave Blanton, Executive Director and co-founder of Serengeti Watch, about the current status…
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (Ezemvelo), the Wildlands Conservation Trust (Wildlands) and the African Conservation Trust (ACT) have formed a strategic partnership…
Where do African Penguins go when they’re not breeding? This may sound like the opening line to a lame joke,…
The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) has agreed to measures that, if appropriately implemented by tuna longline fishing vessels, will…