Don Pinnock

1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Don Pinnock

Eighty-four vultures have been rescued after a mass poisoning event in the Kruger National Park, one of the largest incidents of its kind recorded in southern Africa. An elephant carcass, laced with poison and surrounded by more than 100 dead vultures, marked one of the most devastating wildlife poisoning events yet seen in the Kruger National Park. Remote sensing triggered a scramble to save birds that were still alive.

1 week ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Don Pinnock

The NSPCA has described shocking scenes at Daybreak chicken broiler farms as food runs out. Thousands of birds die or have to be euthanised – and it’s ongoing. A humanitarian crisis has unfolded behind the walls of South Africa’s state-funded poultry operations near Delmas, Mpumalanga. In a deeply troubling intervention last weekend, the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) responded to what inspectors described as “systemic and ongoing neglect” at chicken farming operations run by Daybreak Foods.

2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Don Pinnock

The NSPCA has described shocking scenes at Daybreak chicken broiler farms as food runs out. Thousands of birds die or have to be euthanised – and it’s ongoing. A humanitarian crisis has unfolded behind the walls of South Africa’s state-funded poultry operations near Delmas, Mpumalanga. In a deeply troubling intervention last weekend, the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) responded to what inspectors described as “systemic and ongoing neglect” at chicken farming operations run by Daybreak Foods.

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Don Pinnock

‘He drew down the stars into the realm of reason and taught the winds and stones to speak the language of cause and form.’ ~ Anon The man is strolling along the shoreline regarding with intense interest every life form in the pools, molluscs that appear as waves recede and life on the pebbly beach. He’s not an ordinary man but possibly one of the most intelligent, inquisitive humans to have ever lived.

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Don Pinnock

The arrests show that coordinated enforcement still matters. But it’s the blend of community involvement, creative deterrents, and quiet commitment that seems to be turning the tide. A quiet war has been raging in Newlands Forest on the slopes of Cape Town’s Devil’s Peak. It’s a battle against bark strippers – people who hack into the ancient trees of this precious indigenous woodland to sell their bark for traditional medicine, often leaving behind dead or dying giants of the forest.