A collection of cats
Our favourite photos of #lions #leopards #cheetahs from recent safaris https://www.wildlifephotographyafrica.com/galleries/a-collection-of-cats/
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It’s all about the photographs, honest. But..
We’ve been getting a few comments recently about the number of posts on our blog highlighting the issue of poaching and what you’re asking is ‘are we getting a bit too hung up on the subject?’ I don’t think so. No way. From a purely selfish viewpoint, our business is photographic safaris, for this we need animals to photograph. But[…]
Read moreTanzanian elephants could be extinct within 7 years
Tanzania’s jumbo elephant population could be wiped out in seven years if poaching continues at current rates, chairman of the parliamentary committee on land, environment and natural resources James Lembeli told the National Assembly on Tuesday. Click here to read the full article from Sabahi online
Read moreState out to combat poaching
Some good news from Tanzania, sort of, although isn’t this what they have said they were doing all along. Maybe the penny has finally dropped. Click here for Tanzania Daily news article
Read moreRhino poaching toll continues to grow
With yesterday’s @savetherhino #RhinoMayDay still such a fresh memory South Africa has yet again reminded us why action is needed with the news that the number of rhinos being poached continues to rise. click here for the Southafrica.info report
Read moreElephant Bedroom – a great camp by the river
Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve is one of our favourite game parks and Elephant Bedroom Camp is the place we like to stay. Set amid doum palms on the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro, Elephant Bedroom is an ideal base from which to explore the park. Accommodation comprises 12 spacious tents, each with its own verandah overlooking the river and the[…]
Read moreRanger corruption ‘impeding global fight against poaching’
The battle against poaching is being made even harder by corruption amongst those employed to fight it as this article from the UK’s Guardian newspaper explains. Click here to read the full article
Read moreMaasai fury as plan to lure Arabian Gulf tourists threatens their ancestral land
A battle has erupted in Tanzania over the future of 30,000 Maasai people who claim the expansion of a big-game hunting reserve for foreigners will lead to their eviction from ancestral lands. Tanzania’s ministry of tourism announced this week that it will set aside 1,500 square kilometres bordering the Serengeti national park for a “wildlife corridor”. The Maasai will as[…]
Read moreRufiji River Birds
Rufiji River in the Selous is one of our favourite places to photograph birds
Read moreU.N. Recognises Wildlife Trafficking as “Serious Crime”
WASHINGTON, Apr 29 2013 (IPS) – Environment groups are applauding a new United Nations decision to officially characterise international wildlife and timber trafficking as a serious organised crime, in a move that advocates say will finally give international law enforcement officials the tools necessary to counter spiking rates of poaching. click here to read the full article from Inter Press Service[…]
Read moreKenya: Elephants Risk Extinction Due to Poaching
#elephantpoaching Dr. Ian Douglas-Hamilton is the founder of Save the Elephants, an organisation which protects the endangered animals. He was interviewed by Kiss TV’s John Sibi-Okumu. The interview was transcribed by Star writer Agatha Ngotho. click here to read the article
Read moreSouth Africa – Rhino Poaching update
#rhinopoaching This press release from SA Government highlights the plight of the country’s rhino PRESS RELEASE The number of rhino poached for their horn in South Africa since the beginning of the year has increased to 249. The Kruger National Park remains the hardest hit, with the number of rhino poached since last week increasing from 167 to 180. At[…]
Read moreKenya asks the Chinese to help put the brakes on poaching
It’s quite a clever move really, and completely logical. Kenya tourism officials have asked the Chinese to help put the brakes on poaching. In recent months the Chinese have shown a growing interest in East Africa’s wildlife. Central China Television (CCTV) (great acronym!) has been showing live coverage of the wildebeest migration from the Serengeti and Kenya sees the Chinese,[…]
Read moreKenya: Mr President, It’s Going to Take More Than Speeches to Save Elephants
This is a terrific article from Paula that perfectly illustrates the frustrations felt by all those working to stop the poaching of Afrca’s wildlife. Environmentalist PAULA KAHUMBU narrates her experiences when she attended the hearing of two ivory cases in Makadara court, Nairobi, on April 19 Paula Kahumbu is the Executive Director of WildlifeDirect, a conservation organisation that is campaigning[…]
Read moreThe Beauty of Birds
There are two key factors that make the difference between a good game drive and a great one, or, equally importantly, a good game drive and a poor one. The first is obvious – it’s the animals. Without animals it’s just a drive. The second is the guide. If the animals are there, flaunting themselves in front of your lens[…]
Read moreThat Special Moment
Not every game drive can be blessed with the sight of lions bringing down a buffalo, the plains of the Maasai Mara won’t always be teeming with wildebeest and every tree does not hide a sleeping leopard. But that doesn’t mean that every game drive cannot be rewarding. For me, the goal is to ensure that every game drive is[…]
Read morePressure growing in Kenya for tougher anti-poaching laws
Momentum is gathering in Kenya for some serious steps to combat poaching. In recent days both conservationists and local tour operators have backed calls for much tougher laws and penalties for those infringing them. Kenya lost 74 elephants to poaching from January to March this year, according to Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS). In all of 2012, poachers killed 384 elephants,[…]
Read moreMigration Seeker – Only a few seats left
Places on our Migration Seeker safari are selling out fast. Departures in the peak migration season are almost full. 10 August departure – 4 seats remaining 01 September – 4 seats remaining 14 September – 2 seats remaining 21 September – 2 seats remaining Get in touch if you’d like to join us for the world’s greatest wildlife spectacle
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