CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 26, 2020 (ENS) - Chimpanzees, Bengal tigers, wolves, wild dogs and lions are among thousands of endangered wild animals exported from South Africa to China, sometimes ...

PRETORIA, South Africa, October 25, 2019 (ENS) – By the stroke of a legislative pen, a list of iconic and, in some cases, endangered wild animals can now be manipulated as farming stock.

A city-approved proposal to remove baboon troops from around the Cape Peninsula has been strongly opposed by animal ...

Conservationists have released five vultures back into the wild on a mountain range in South Africa after they were rescued ...

This isn’t just a sight limited to South Africa. Worldwide, with the coronavirus keeping humans inside, wild animals have taken to the streets to have their own play — even in cities.

More than 140,000 wild and captive bred animals were killed by foreign hunters in South Africa between 2018 and 2022. Asia, the US and Europe are the major export markets.

South Africa has come up with a novel strategy to protect and expand its already abundant wildlife herds: It wants people to eat more of the animals. The idea may seem distasteful to many.

Don Pinnock is a Daily Maverick journalist specialising on environmental issues. The welfare of wild animals in South Africa is being thrown under a bus by dithering departments and inappropriate ...

Officials in South Africa's biggest wildlife park are anticipating the deaths of some animals because of a drought afflicting the region, but they describe the extremely dry period as a natural ...

It’s one of about 12,000 wildlife ranches in South Africa that have been developed since 1991 when laws were changed to allow private ownership of game animals.

It is also one of the leading countries for trophy hunting.The industry in South Africa is estimated to be worth US$176.1 million per year. More than 140,000 wild and captive bred animals were ...