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Swaziland acting 'puppet' South Africa bid legalise rhino horn trade

2016-05-27 11:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Swaziland has been accused by one of the worlds leading conservationists of being a puppet of South Africa in a bid to open the floodgates to a potentially calamitous legal rhino horn trade. South Africa appointed a committee to study the idea of trading horn internationally, which has been banned for more than four decades, but the government backed away from such a proposal in April. Days later, neighbouring Swaziland put forward a proposal for a legal trade, citing the 1,000-plus white...

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18 elephants to be flown to US zoos as drought puts pressure on Swaziland wildlife

2016-02-26 11:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Eighteen elephants, due to be culled because the intense drought in southern Africa has left a national park in Swaziland without food, could be flown to zoos in the US. It is hoped that moving them will give endangered rhinos more chance of survival. The three male and 15 female elephants from parched Hlane national park are being held temporarily by a local conservation group pending a court case brought by US animal welfare groups concerned about their export. But they are planned to be...

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Tongaat Hulett SwazilanD profits down by E41m

2015-05-26 08:45:51| Sugar Industry News

THE reduction in export sucrose price into the European Union (EU) has hurt profits of Tambankulu Estates\' (Tongaat Hulett Swaziland) as they have declined by E41 million reaching E29 million.

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Swaziland sugar revenue to drop further

2015-04-02 09:00:41| Sugar Industry News

AS sugar prices in the country\'s markets continue to drop, the Swaziland Sugar Association (SSA) has revealed that its revenue in 2015/16 will also decline.

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