In a landmark decision, South Africa's government is set to ban new captive lion breeding facilities, marking a significant ...

For conservationists opposing the captive lion industry, this decision marks a major victory in efforts to safeguard Africa’s most iconic predators. The post South Africa to ban captive lion breeding ...

South Africa has no official count of its tiger population. A report by global animal rights charity Four Paws showed that 359 tigers — almost a tenth of the world's tiger population — were ...

South Africa’s animal laws are a relic of apartheid-era governance and fail to reflect constitutional values, modern scientific understandings, African ethics and the realities of modern animal ...

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

Poaching is a serious business in South Africa. In 2018, there were a total of 1,873 poaching incidents in different parks across the country, according to a report from South Africa’s ...

Sheba, and 8-year-old tiger, had been held with another big cat in a small enclosure at a farm near South Africa's most heavily-populated city. Latest U.S.

South Africa expands trophy-hunting permit program for black rhinos, saying it’s good for the animals August 20, 2019 More than 5 years ago A baby female black rhino at the Berlin Zoo.

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.

Members of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) watch an elephant seal cornered on a street in Gordon's Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, May 27, 2025.