July/August 2024 eNewsletter

BY JOHN NASH

On July 2, 2024, The Conversation published an article by Dr Jason Gilchrist, Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, entitled, �??South Africa�??s 70,000kg rhino horn stockpile must be burnt to prevent illegal trading�?�. The title is self-explanatory. The good doctor is a global specialist in meerkats and has done field research into the trauma of rhino capture and de-horning and is a much-published academic.

With the start of a new school year, many of us think about bringing accurate information about the sustainability of fur into our children�??s classrooms. This can be a difficult challenge. The first problem is that school curriculums have become so demanding that teachers now have little time for guest presentations. And if you do gain access to a classroom, what information should you share with students, assuming you have the communications skills to capture their attention at all? Luckily, help is available to overcome all these obstacles. Sound interesting?

A charity has been accused of dumping 263 elephants in a park in Zambia and allowing them to kill people and cause millions of dollars worth of damage to farmers' crops.

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