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 ...

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.

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

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.

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.

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.