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Rhino poaching - one has to wonder!

Posted by Chris & Mathilde Stuart on Monday, September 17, 2018,
During the course of this year rhino poachers and their bosses in South Africa seem to have been having a relatively easy time (except those eaten by lions).

  • One 'Mr. Big' Mabuza released on bail in Nelspruit with 'strict' conditions - report to the local police station once a week and only leave the area with permission! Guess there was a party!
  • One 'prolific rhino poaching kingpin' in Botswana, one Mayo, released on bail despite being on Interpol's Red List of most-wanted wildlife criminals!
  • T...

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Thoughts on Estonia

Posted by Chris & Mathilde Stuart on Monday, September 17, 2018,
In August we spent just short of three weeks in the Baltic state of Estonia, a part of Europe we have never visited previously. Apart from work at the Tallinn Zoo and Tartu University we had the opportunity to explore with knowledgable colleagues - looking for flying squirrel signs close to the Russian border, and European mink on the mainland and Hiiumaa Island. 



It is one of the countries in Europe with the highest levels of natural forest cover. Populations of moose (elk), red deer, roe dee...
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