A Vision . Formal commission to probe Mpumalanga Parks Board. Top NGOs laud 'wise sale' of young Tuli elephants. Amid international protest about elephant training methods used west of Pretoria, three of South Africa's leading conservation NGOs have come out in support of the operation. Parks Board refuses to prove it followed procedures.
Leopard attack a freak occurrence, says vet.
The leopard attack on a group of people near Mkhuhlu in Northern Province was described as a freak accident by Dr Dewald Keet, chief state veterinarian for the Kruger National Park. Dr Richard Leakey accepts position as director of Kenya Wildlife Service. Promissory notes saga claims two more heads. Kalahari San people object to the forming of the Kalahari Transfrontier Conservation Area. The southern Kalahari San people feel they were not consulted in the negotiations leading to the forming of the Kalahari Transfrontier Conservation Area between South African and Botswana.