Video, audio and photos. Students depict birds in art and the community comes to learn about raptors as the African Raptor Centre opens it’s Educational Wing to the public. It’s finally the big day! The grand opening of the African Raptor Centre’s educational wing (ARC formerly known as the African Bird of Prey Sanctuary.) If you prefer to listen Shannon runs this amazing place. ARC is home to birds of prey that for one reason or another can’t be released. Some like Orion the Long Crested Eagle was raised by humans so is imprinted. That means he’s lost all fear…
South Africa home to much of Africa’s iconic wildlife moves from conservation to commodity with talks of selling rhino horn. South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs is increasingly seeing wildlife a commodity to be marketed rather than protected and a currency for community development. This was made clear yesterday [July 24] at a Parliamentary report-back on the management of rhinos. It outlined licensing the sale of rhino horn and the gift of hundreds of thousands of wild animals for community farming. The Department’s position follows a month-long Rhino Laboratory held last year and was presented by a high-level panel consisting…
