Scapegoating Lead-Based Ammunition: Why Bullets Aren’t the Smoking Gun in Vulture Declines
Efforts to ban lead-based ammunition are being framed as essential to vulture conservation. But the real threat isn’t bullets—it’s poisoning, habitat loss, and misinformation that distracts from science and shifts focus away from effective, African-led solutions.
Ten Years After Cecil: The Lion, the Lies, and the Ongoing Exploitation of Wildlife and the Public
It was with trepidation that I watched June 2025 fade away and July 2025 show herself. July 2025 marks ten years since the legal and controversial hunting of “Cecil,” a lion from Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park whose death was used to ignite global outrage.
Malaria – Possibly Africa’s most dangerous disease
Mosquito season in southern Africa: tonic water and vitamins won’t protect you but knowing where the hotspots are will.
