Daily animals are caught in snares in Africa, endangered and threatened species are not spared from the poachers’ traps. They don’t use tranquilizer darts, hunting rifles or military issue fire power. They don’t make the news like the rhino and elephant poachers do. However, these low key, every day poachers are a huge threat to
October 25, 2012 the Wildlife Forum met in Cape Town to consider a Protocol which is nothing short of a declaration of war on South Africa’s wildlife, according to Chris Mercer. Every once in a while Chris Mercer, founder of the Campaign Against Canned Hunting and one of South Africa’s most informed wildlife activists, reports on wildlife
Shooting endangered and threatened African wildlife, rhino, leopard, Wild Dog, with his camera is Andrew Cairncross’ passion. As with most wonderful folks we meet, Andrew connected with Nikela online over a year ago when he first provided an amazing rhino image for use on an ebook cover (RHINO HORN by Chris Mercer). Most recently Andrew contributed
Fighting animal poaching, saving endangered rhino with hi-tech equipment, leopard project suspended, CITES wildlife trafficking video. The Rhino 250 rhino have been poached in South Africa in the last 171 days! Every two days three rhino die! Not only is this rhino loss so devastating, the pain and suffering many of these animals go through
South African wildlife, pristine jungle teeming with wild animals and birds… What a splendid morning! Thousands of birds including pelican, cormorant and seagulls lined the beach, flew overhead in formation, and bobbed on the gentle waves. A spectacular sight! It made me think of what it must have been like a mere 200 years ago
Happy Holidays from the wildlife to all who love ‘em, protect ‘em, save ‘em and conserve ‘em! Seasons Greetings from Nikela and those you’ve helped this year… Karin and her monkeys (vervets and baboons) Anton and his leopards Shannon and her falcons and African birds of prey Silke and her vervet babies Ian who teaches
Part 3 in Series on Animal Poaching. What’s at the heart of animal poaching? Three experts’ opinions: local bushmeat, rhino horn trade, trophy and canned/captive hunting, illegal wildlife trafficking, organized crime. What’s at the Root of Africa’s Wildlife Loss? This is the third in our Series on addressing the serious topic of poaching in Africa.
African birds of prey, the owl and falcon predators like the leopard, wildlife in Africa. “…so they shot the owl!” It all started one fall. Each morning on the farm, it seemed like there was one less chicken! The days seemed calm, no apparent squawking or sign of trouble. At night several hens roosted on
Wildlife in Africa, leopards, big cats, birds of prey, African birds, primates, baboons and vervet monkeys. It’s been a little over a year ago that Nikela was founded to change the world! I say that tongue in cheek of course. You know how it is; it’s like falling in love for the first time or
‘Until the lions have their praise singers, the tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter’. There is a TV series being aired in the UK titled “Conservation’s Dirty Secret”. As video clips of it are not accessible in the USA (or at least not what I could find) my friend Gavin sent me
