10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S. Africa), Hwange (Zimbabwe) and, recently, in Chobe national park in Botswana (the one that was considered so safe that the Clintons have visited it as a presidential couple)!

Elephants 194

Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 194

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

She talked about what we might see after we remounted the safari truck, which we had just driven out of the campground at the southern end of Kgalgadi Transfrontier Park, where we were staying in the South African camp, just across from the Botswana camp. We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.4–3.7 ” Many.

Feral Cats 256

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 256

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Thankfully the days of visiting Africa purely for slaughtering its wildlife have mostly come to a merciful end, and safari operators have adopted the Big Five term to market tours that offer sightings of the fortunate remanants of Africa’s once teeming great herds.

Buffalo 213

Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 213