10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

The annual number of rhino poached in South Africa last year rose to 1,215, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa told a media briefing in Pretoria two weeks ago. Let’s slow down at this moment and go back in time… July is the coldest of winter months in the south of Africa. Cover photo: White Rhinoceros, Wikimedia Commons.

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Rhinos South Africa Rhinoceros White Rhinos 172

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. I say they were butchered, face-off.

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 180

Critter News

AUGUST 29, 2009

Also referred to as “The Butcher of Matabeleland”, he is the architect of Zimbabwe’s terrifying state security apparatus, creator of Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Office (CIO) - and rumored to be next in line for president after Mugabe. Tags: organized crime africa zim poaching rhino elephants.

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Rhinos Elephants Butcher Slaughter 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

He interpreted the bones, also at Klasies but other sites in South Africa as well, to indicate that human ancestors hunted only Eland until they became fully modern very recently, then they started hunting the much more dangerous and harder to hunt Buffalo. Eland are pretty darn hard to hunt. Perhaps we can discuss that some other time.

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Humane Lions Buffalo Hunting 165