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Defend Truth

Don Pinnock

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

Latest Work

Don’t keep ferrets, warns CapeNature as rise in encounters sparks fears of ecological threat

18 September 2024

Don’t keep ferrets, warns CapeNature as rise in encounters sparks fears of ecological threat

2 min

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Hunters’ association fires first salvo at state law legislating ‘wellbeing’ considerations of wild animals

10 September 2024

Hunters’ association fires first salvo at state law legislating ‘wellbeing’ considerations of wild animals

3 min

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The art and science of skipping stones explained

3 September 2024

The art and science of skipping stones explained

4 min

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Conservationists decry drought-hit Namibia’s plan to cull national park wild animals for meat

1 September 2024

Conservationists decry drought-hit Namibia’s plan to cull national park wild animals for meat

5 min

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Feeding dead fish – Another government farm project implodes

22 August 2024

Feeding dead fish – Another government farm project implodes

4 min

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Think twice before buying a property on the beach – Sea level is rising

22 August 2024

Think twice before buying a property on the beach – Sea level is rising

3 min

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Michelle Bender — fighting for the rights of Mother Ocean (Part Three)

20 August 2024

Michelle Bender — fighting for the rights of Mother Ocean (Part Three)

7 min

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Charlie, Pretoria's last zoo elephant, released back into nature after 43 years of captivity

20 August 2024

Charlie, Pretoria's last zoo elephant, released back into nature after 43 years of captivity

2 min

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Cormac Cullinan – Wild Law and the long fight for environmental justice (Part Two)

19 August 2024

Cormac Cullinan – Wild Law and the long fight for environmental justice (Part Two)

8 min

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Climate Lawfare – Civil society is ramping up litigation to stop the fossil fuel juggernaut (Part One)

18 August 2024

Climate Lawfare – Civil society is ramping up litigation to stop the fossil fuel juggernaut (Part One)

8 min

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Life in the Goldilocks Zone – what makes our Moon so strange and miraculous?

30 July 2024

Life in the Goldilocks Zone – what makes our Moon so strange and miraculous?

4 min

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Bored and unstimulated, Charlie the lonely Pretoria zoo elephant to be set free at last

29 July 2024

Bored and unstimulated, Charlie the lonely Pretoria zoo elephant to be set free at last

5 min

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