Ethical care in South African elephant facilities
Ethical care in South African elephant facilities: what the science says Conservation Guardians, a research-coordination organisation that concentrates on Aichi Targets, research into elephant care, and conservation education, says that six years of scientific data have demonstrated the high standard…
Why does Knysna call its festival the Knysna Oyster Festival?
The Knysna Oyster Festival was started as the Winter Festival in 1983 when the then owner of Richard’s Men’s Outfitters, the late Dick Ginsberg, got together with the manager of the Knysna Publicity Association, Rose Smith, to organise an event…
A better model for measuring welfare in wild animal sanctuaries
Animal care in tourism in South Africa is in a mess, and the industry’s trying to do what it can to counteract the effects of the mavericks and the pseudo-experts, and even the animal rights agendas that often compromise the…
Online art gallery launches to promote Southern African artists
Knysna-based art consultant Sandy Bekker has launched a new online gallery – iAfrica Gallery – which is designed to promote Southern Africa’s hidden, emerging, and established visual artists.
Knysna fires: Tourism Minister sympathises with disaster victims
Minister of Tourism Tokozile Xasa offers her condolences to the families and friends of the eight people who have died in the fires and storms that have hit Cape Town and Knysna in the Western Cape.
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