Episode 24 - The Weekly News 02-03-2021 - Special Report - Part Two!

A week after South Africa’s Department of Forest and Fisheries released the SANParks 2020 annual report, the department issued a press release claiming that poaching was down in 2020. Good news, no doubt. But is it just a respite, rather than a sustainable trend? We unpack the industry’s reaction.Is rhino dehorning a sustainable solution to the poaching crisis. It can be effective but it isn’t viable long term. We explain why in our A-Z of rhino dehorning.Rounding up this week’s show: Defying the CITES convention, Namibia moves to sell 170 wild elephant.Can you use satellites to count elephant populations? Oxford University are building something pretty cool.Qatar Airlines says they will fly any destitute wild animal home – for free.