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Conservation News
THE brutal clubbing to death of thousands of Cape ...
The annual Namibian seal cull has been put on hold...
Government is considering expanding the size of th...
The American-based International Fund for Animal W...
Plans to erect a 397-kilometre electric fence arou...
Network News
n 26th June 2009, Francois Hugo of Seal Alert-SA, ...
RHINO horn and ivory worth an estimated R850000 wa...
Johannesburg - South Africa's so-called Big Five w...
In support of the global Year of the Gorilla 2009 ...
For a long time, wetlands in Uganda were condemned...
Action Alerts
On the 26th June 2009, 5 days before the Namibian annual slaughter of 91 000 seals. I have received a signed exclusive agreement to completely buy-out the entire Namibian sealing industry, lock, sto...
Lions in Kenya are dying horrific deaths from carbofuran pesticide poisoning, a toxic chemical used on crops. Unfortunately, once one animal has been poisoned, its carcass attracts other wildlife, poi...
ACF News
Critically endangered, rarest of all great apes receives increased attention in the Year of the Gorilla.
Following the declaration of 2009 as the Year of the Gorilla, the African Conservation ... 
Award-winning Canadian artist Taylor has partnered with the Africa Conservation Foundation to release an exclusive edition of the popular Mountain gorilla painting. "Mountain gorilla" is par... Partnerships
Montagne des Francais supports a large number of regional endemic and threatened species. Despite being recently designated as a Temporary Protected Area, no management strategy ... 
The Okavango Delta is a unique but fragile ecosystem; it is one of the world's largest inland deltas, a RAMSAR site, and plays a significant role in Botswana's economy through tourism. A... 
