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SANParks released a media statement in which they stated that they are working with other conservation partners to implement an integrated wildlife management approach, this approach includes dehorning rhino cows on the southern part of the Kruger National Park. They have decided to dehorn rhino cows particularly because they are more important in the sense…

A wooden deck collapsed in Mopani Rest Camp in the Kruger National Park yesterday, 14 people were standing on the deck before it collapsed. According to reports the people on the deck were young trainee rangers.  Seven people had to be taken to hospital due to the deck collapse, two people were seriously injured and had…

Wild dogs are one of the smartest animals but they are also hard to spot in the African bush. Wild dogs can reach a speed of 70km per hour and have good stamina which they utilizes to tire their prey before going in for the kill, and it’s seldom that they become the victims of…

A suspected rhino poacher was killed by an elephant before his body was apparently eaten by lions, authorities said.  A search team in Kruger National Park was only able to recover a skull and a pair of pants which belonged to the apparent suspect. South African National Parks confirmed that the victim and four accomplices…

Two kudu bulls were fighting against each other, unbeknownst to them a lioness was stalking them, this sighting was captured at Pondoro Game Lodge. The lodge is located in Balule Private Nature Reserve, in the exclusive Greater Kruger National Park, overlooking the Olifant River. The five star lodge has 5 stunning suites, 3 chalets and…

After ten long years three poachers were finally convicted after killing a rhino in KwaZulu Natal. The trial took this long because the accused delayed the trial by going through 12 to 25 attorneys. Since 2008 more than 7000 rhinos have been slaughtered around South Africa, the Kruger National Park have lost nearly half of…

Whenever you watch lion documentaries you  will always see lionesses doing the hunting and 90% of the time they are successful when they all work together, it wasn’t the case in this particular case because the male lion sabotages the hunt. Watch the video: This video was captured by Peter Craig-Cooper on the banks of the…

The renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year announced its 2018 winners in October, but the LUMIX People’s Choice Award, which is an extensions to the Wildlife Photographer competition announced its winners last week.  From a shortlist of 25, David Lloyd took home the prize for his touching photograph of two male adult lions greeting each other by…

We remember a few years ago Carte Blanche did a similar story of servals found by the Sasol fuel plant.  Recently servals were discovered at Sasol’s Secunda Synfeuls which was surprising because the area is heavily industrialized.  “This was a big surprise” said Dr Sam Williams, of the department of zoology at the University of…

Will Burrard Lucas – a wildlife photographer, wrote on his blog that he had always wanted to photograph a wild black leopard, so when he heard rumors of a black leopard crossing the road in Kenya, he headed there to try spot the melanistic leopard. Will contacted the owners of the reserve where the leopard…