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Defend Truth

Don Pinnock

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

Latest Work

Trophy hunting quotas stopped by animal protection NGO - for now

26 April 2022

Trophy hunting quotas stopped by animal protection NGO - for now

3 min

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Were dinosaurs dumb or did they just have a bad press?

19 April 2022

Were dinosaurs dumb or did they just have a bad press?

5 min

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Uproar over plan to litter Botswana’s Chobe National Park with lodges

13 April 2022

Uproar over plan to litter Botswana’s Chobe National Park with lodges

5 min

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The panda’s ‘thumb’ — biological wonders that navigate the odds to ensure survival

13 April 2022

The panda’s ‘thumb’ — biological wonders that navigate the odds to ensure survival

4 min

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Time to take off the climate crisis blinkers and accept that everything as we know it needs to change

10 April 2022

Time to take off the climate crisis blinkers and accept that everything as we know it needs to change

5 min

2

Toy story: Why blocks and hopscotch are better than flickering screens in the game of life

30 March 2022

Toy story: Why blocks and hopscotch are better than flickering screens in the game of life

6 min

1

The timeless working boats of Zanj are gradually fading into the sunset

23 March 2022

The timeless working boats of Zanj are gradually fading into the sunset

5 min

1

Value of trophy hunting to conservation massively overstated: report

22 March 2022

Value of trophy hunting to conservation massively overstated: report

7 min

2

Challenge to leopard hunting quota proof that the DFFE should change its spots

16 March 2022

Challenge to leopard hunting quota proof that the DFFE should change its spots

6 min

1

World Heritage Site at Lake Malawi threatened by planned water purification plant

15 March 2022

World Heritage Site at Lake Malawi threatened by planned water purification plant

6 min

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Endurance's watery grave: SA Agulhas II plays major role as Shackleton's legendary ship is found after 108 years

10 March 2022

Endurance's watery grave: SA Agulhas II plays major role as Shackleton's legendary ship is found after 108 years

8 min

1

Of telepathic dogs and morphic fields

8 March 2022

Of telepathic dogs and morphic fields

7 min

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