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Don Pinnock

Don Pinnock is a Daily Maverick journalist specialising on environmental issues.

Latest Work

Ocean gyres reveal an astounding story of the mysterious travels of sea turtles

28 December 2021

Ocean gyres reveal an astounding story of the mysterious travels of sea turtles

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Namibia’s community wildlife conservation system has come off the rails, investigation shows

14 December 2021

Namibia’s community wildlife conservation system has come off the rails, investigation shows

5 min

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Don Pinnock

9 December 2021

The welfare of South Africa’s wild animals is in the hopelessly wrong hands of the food police – this has to change urgently

4 min

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Murders, shootings and stabbings a daily reality in Western Cape’s Hanover Park, latest stats show

2 December 2021

Murders, shootings and stabbings a daily reality in Western Cape’s Hanover Park, latest stats show

3 min

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Ernst Haeckel: The zoologist whose drawings inspired Art Nouveau

23 November 2021

Ernst Haeckel: The zoologist whose drawings inspired Art Nouveau

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Environmentalists and hunters slam government over proposals for the trophy hunting of elephants, leopards and rhinos

16 November 2021

Environmentalists and hunters slam government over proposals for the trophy hunting of elephants, leopards and rhinos

5 min

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Why baboons can’t take photographs

16 November 2021

Why baboons can’t take photographs

6 min

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Going to ground: Navigating a way out of climate grief and finding hopefulness

13 November 2021

Going to ground: Navigating a way out of climate grief and finding hopefulness

5 min

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Doofus the Demon Dog and a story that went too far

9 November 2021

Doofus the Demon Dog and a story that went too far

5 min

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Time travel: The death and rebirth of a star machine

27 October 2021

Time travel: The death and rebirth of a star machine

5 min

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Bone up your tone and don’t scrap the yap

20 October 2021

Bone up your tone and don’t scrap the yap

5 min

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Nikolay Vavilov: the Russian who tried to feed the world — and starved to death

19 October 2021

Nikolay Vavilov: the Russian who tried to feed the world — and starved to death

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