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Defend Truth

Don Pinnock

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

Latest Work

Hunter who threatened to kill safari owner ‘bitch’ slapped down by judge

6 December 2023

Hunter who threatened to kill safari owner ‘bitch’ slapped down by judge

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Great whites may finally be creeping back into False Bay after lengthy absence

6 December 2023

Great whites may finally be creeping back into False Bay after lengthy absence

3 min

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Canada blocks import of ivory, rhino horn and trophies

21 November 2023

Canada blocks import of ivory, rhino horn and trophies

3 min

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The Lawless Ocean — an unfolding disaster for the love of fried fish

8 November 2023

The Lawless Ocean — an unfolding disaster for the love of fried fish

2 min

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Fishing down the food web: Bye-bye big fish, hello jellyfish and don’t talk about conservation

6 November 2023

Fishing down the food web: Bye-bye big fish, hello jellyfish and don’t talk about conservation

6 min

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The bureaucratic nightmare: Unlicensed Kalk Bay fishers beached by fishing quotas

5 November 2023

The bureaucratic nightmare: Unlicensed Kalk Bay fishers beached by fishing quotas

10 min

4

The price of fish & chips: The shark slayers and an unfolding disaster for the love of fried fish

2 November 2023

The price of fish & chips: The shark slayers and an unfolding disaster for the love of fried fish

11 min

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Regulations tabled to block new lion breeders and protect wide range of wild creatures

20 October 2023

Regulations tabled to block new lion breeders and protect wide range of wild creatures

4 min

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On world egg day spare a thought for the crap life of the battery chicken who laid it

13 October 2023

On world egg day spare a thought for the crap life of the battery chicken who laid it

7 min

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How to steal a game reserve: poach animals, sell plots and threaten those in your way

2 October 2023

How to steal a game reserve: poach animals, sell plots and threaten those in your way

10 min

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Government opens public comments on policy to end captive lion breeding

26 September 2023

Government opens public comments on policy to end captive lion breeding

5 min

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Balule trophy hunt — how not to shoot an elephant

12 September 2023

Balule trophy hunt — how not to shoot an elephant

8 min

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