I’ve been protecting cheetahs since the early 1970s

Madikwe Game Reserve, located in the north of South Africa, on the border with Botswana, lies awake in the predawn. It is no longer night, but neither is it yet day, when the temperature will soar. It

How these rare baby animals are bringing hope for their species

A rhino horn is worth up to £76,000 on the black market. Each rhino is effectively carrying a death sentence on its head, with an estimated 1,900 poached in the last three years across the African con

L ike countless others, as a child I dreamed of one day working with animals. I learned how to identify bird calls, collected anything I could find on the high-tide line, and once even picked up a dea

Let’s start with the numbers. There are about 13.5 million tame wolves (we call them pet dogs), 12.5 million cats, one million rabbits, 700,000 tortoises and turtles, 700,000 guinea pigs, 600,000 hams

Hunting’s cultural heritage should be officially recognised, says Ed Swales