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Defend Truth

Don Pinnock

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

Latest Work

Magic season in Cederberg’s high valleys

4 September 2023

Magic season in Cederberg’s high valleys

5 min

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Malawi’s Majete is one of the finest wildlife parks in Africa for game viewing

28 August 2023

Malawi’s Majete is one of the finest wildlife parks in Africa for game viewing

4 min

5

Rewilding Africa the tough way — lessons from Majete in Malawi

17 August 2023

Rewilding Africa the tough way — lessons from Majete in Malawi

7 min

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Eastern Cape feedlot manager arrested after mutilating 126 export rams with angle grinder

7 August 2023

Eastern Cape feedlot manager arrested after mutilating 126 export rams with angle grinder

5 min

2

Dominee hunter who said 'ek het 'n horing gekry' shooting buck loses defamation case against SPCA

2 August 2023

Dominee hunter who said 'ek het 'n horing gekry' shooting buck loses defamation case against SPCA

4 min

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A snip and a yip to keep the lid on proliferating pups

17 July 2023

A snip and a yip to keep the lid on proliferating pups

9 min

2

The Greenland shark’s slow swim through deep time — and into possible extinction

11 July 2023

The Greenland shark’s slow swim through deep time — and into possible extinction

4 min

1

AI tracks down how billions of longline baited hooks are killing hundreds of thousands of albatrosses

2 July 2023

AI tracks down how billions of longline baited hooks are killing hundreds of thousands of albatrosses

6 min

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Poorly supervised captive carnivores in South Africa are killing people

20 June 2023

Poorly supervised captive carnivores in South Africa are killing people

4 min

4

An Interview: The complicated business of flying rhinos

13 June 2023

An Interview: The complicated business of flying rhinos

7 min

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Relocation of African cheetahs to India questioned as 6 reported dead within six months

13 June 2023

Relocation of African cheetahs to India questioned as 6 reported dead within six months

5 min

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Humanity needs monsters to confront our fears — both real and perceived

13 June 2023

Humanity needs monsters to confront our fears — both real and perceived

6 min

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