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Contributing to the Conservation of Kruger’s Black Rhinos

According to statistics released by the national Department of Environmental Affairs last month, 1,028 rhinos were killed in South Africa in 2017. Although this represents a very small decline compared to the previous year, it is no reason to celebrate; poachers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their methods and expanding their operations across borders to other...

Project Pardus: Working with Panthera to Save Leopards

Recognised as the world’s main authority on the conservation status of biological species, the IUCN Red List classifies leopards as “vulnerable”, meaning that they are at high risk of endangerment in the wild. While they are not yet technically endangered, there are likely fewer than 5,000 leopards remaining in South Africa and if their numbers...

Singita: Celebrating 25 Years of Conservation

25 years ago, on a piece of family-owned land in South Africa’s Sabi Sand Game Reserve, a boutique safari lodge opened on the banks of the Sand River, setting the pace for a new brand of luxury safari experiences. Singita Ebony Lodge would become the first of 12 environmentally sensitive properties dotted across Africa, forming...

Singita Kwitonda Lodge: The Next Chapter in our Conservation Story

The dense cloud forests of Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, which lies along the Virunga Mountains and its chain of ancient volcanoes, is a place of exceptional natural beauty and great ecological significance. This relatively small protected area is home to one third of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas; one of the most critically endangered animal...

Meet Singita’s Elite Anti-Poaching Task Force

For the Singita Grumeti Fund‘s Special Operations Group, an elite task force within the anti-poaching unit responsible for protecting Singita’s 350,000-acre concession in the Serengeti, the day starts long before sunrise. It is a job which requires the utmost dedication of the scouts who are highly trained in the tracking and apprehension of poachers, many...

Measuring Leopard Density in the Sabi Sand

There are a few iconic species which tend to dominate the headlines in wildlife conservation circles. Rhino and elephant are extremely deserving of the world’s attention, threatened as they are by poachers looking to meet international demand for their horn and ivory, but Africa’s big cats – lion, cheetah and leopard – are equally at...

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