Trade in Great Apes
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Mama Simba – Giving Women a Voice in Conservation
By Heather Gurd and Shivani Bhalla The African lion is a powerful flagship species synonymous with the continent’s rangelands, but the number of...
Busy and buzzing on the frontline of human-elephant conflict
Distressing images of poached African elephants have hit headline news in recent years triggering intense conservation efforts to save this iconic and intelligent species....
Paddock Diaries – Butterfly bonanza in the paddock
By Brian Finch We do not have the abundance of species or individuals every year, far from it. There are several factors that lead...
Polishing off rhinos – why Chinese revere the horn
By Felix Patton China was home to the gigantic one-horned rhinoceros Elasmotherium which survived in prehistoric times becoming extinct only about 10,000 years ago....
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