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Dismantling poaching syndicates since 2016, the inspiration for a movie being produced by Hollywood icon Margot Robbie. 🇿🇦🦏 @jamie_savingthewild

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Watch & Share RHINO: THE ENDGAME produced by @saving_the_wild and featuring Dr Jane Goodall, and you can help put an end to South Africa’s rhino poaching crisis with MEANINGFUL LEGISLATION. Come on people, help us put the bad guys in prison.

“In a video message, shared by Saving the Wild with South Africa’s Ministry of Environment not long before her passing, Dr Jane Goodall asked the government to introduce meaningful legislation in the race to save the last of the rhinos. South Africa is losing one rhino a day to poaching, and has lost more than 10,000 rhinos since 2010.”
- @economistimpact (Link in bio)

“Saving the Wild, the non profit I founded, has been pursuing high level targets and exposing corruption in the courts since 2016, and is now asking for a minimum sentencing of five years on the first count, and ten years on the second. This will not only create a deterrent for poachers to stop killing rhinos, but it will also root out corruption, preventing unscrupulous magistrates from convicting poachers with nothing but a petty fine.”
- @jamie_savingthewild

——WHAT NEXT?
We are waiting for the Ministry of Environment to table the proposed bill in Parliament and open it up to the public for comment. But there are dark forces working behind the scenes, and this bill will die in silence.

In the spirit of Dr Jane Goodall, be a voice for the voiceless. And working together, we CAN save the rhino.

#RhinoLaws

FILM CREDITS____________________
Producer: @saving_the_wild
Director: @jamie_savingthewild
Film Composer: @j.j.hathaway
Cinematographer: @sammyfilms__
Aerial footage: @solly_levi
Additional footage: @timbavati_pnr taken in South Africa by @saving_the_wild

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Stay at The Saving the Wild Residence at Sibani Lodge and enjoy your own private bush retreat, complete with panoramic views, a hot tub, spacious open-plan living, and the peace and quiet of the Cradle of Humankind.

Through our partnership with @saving_the_wild , a portion of every Residence booking supports frontline rhino conservation and anti-poaching efforts.

Mention "Saving The Wild" when booking to receive 10% off your stay.

Book your stay now.

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#SavingTheWild #LuxuryStay #TravelSouthAfrica #NatureEscape #SibaniLodge by @saving_the_wild

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“When Saving the Wild hosts groups on safari in South Africa, we always return to Motswari in the Timbavati. Its conservation ethic runs deep, reaching back to the pioneers who helped shape Greater Kruger.” – @jamie_savingthewild

Conservation is measured not by words, but by decisions that leave a lasting legacy.

This year, as @motswari_life celebrates fifty years of tourism and conservation, we honour a family whose commitment has extended far beyond tourism.

In 1993, Paul Geiger was instrumental in removing the fences between the Timbavati and Kruger National Park, helping restore one of Africa’s most important connected wilderness landscapes. That decision still benefits rhinos, elephants, lions, wild dogs, and countless other species.

This legacy continues through his daughter, Marion Geiger, whose stewardship of Motswari reflects the same enduring commitment to conservation. Ten years ago, she co-founded Motswari’s conservation initiative, @rhinodisharmony , to help ensure the next generation inherits a world where rhinos still roam free.

Conservation is not a feeling. It is a way of life. Wherever we are in the world, we can choose to support the people and places that work every day to protect our shared natural heritage.

Saving the Wild Safaris - Travel with Purpose.

Video © Motswari | Timbavati, Greater Kruger, South Africa. 🇿🇦 🦏 🐆🐘🦒🐾 taken in Motswari Private Game Reserve by @saving_the_wild

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Walk with elephants. Experience the raw and unfiltered wild. Saving the Wild Safaris - Travel with Purpose.

Hosted by @jamie_savingthewild 🐘 by @saving_the_wild

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Discover a natural world that dates back to the birthplace of humanity. Just outside of Johannesburg, escape the City lights for the glow of breathtaking sunsets.

Use code Saving the Wild to receive 10% off your booking at The Residence, our 4 bedroom tented villa.

😎 🦓 🦒 @sibanilodge taken in Sibani Lodge by @saving_the_wild

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DO THE MATHS.

The South African government has released its latest rhino poaching statistics. Every year there is a slight decrease and the headlines celebrate “good news”. It’s ridiculous.

230 rhinos were killed for their horns between January and August 2026.

That is 18 fewer than during the same period last year.

A decrease.

Last year, 352 rhinos were killed in South Africa.

And Saving the Wild will not celebrate hundreds of dead rhinos as a conservation success.

Because numbers need context.

Kruger National Park was once home to more than 12,000 rhinos.

Today, just over 2,000 remain.

You cannot keep measuring success simply by counting how many rhinos are killed each year without looking at how many are left to kill.

More than 10,000 rhinos were poached in South Africa between 2008 and 2023, according to the government’s own figures.

Since then, another 420 were killed in 2024.

Another 352 in 2025.

And another 230 in the first eight months of this year.

A falling body count is not the endgame.

The endgame is dismantling the syndicates.

The endgame is a criminal justice system that makes wildlife crime a high-risk business.

The endgame is justice.

With regard to Saving the Wild’s work advocating for minimum sentencing and specialised courts, we should have an update from the Ministry next month, and will report back when the time is right.

In the meantime, have you signed? Be part of the solution.

Change.org/rhino-laws

🦏🇿🇦⚖️ taken in South Africa by @saving_the_wild

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YANUNI: Inside the Battle for the Amazon 🎥 Arguably one of the best frontline environment documentaries ever made, so far more than 3 million people have seen @juma_xipaia’s mind-blowing story in @yanunifilm - and yet the streamers didn’t pick it up. Shame on them! It says a lot about the state of the world, and even more reason to watch it.

YANUNI is an award-winning doco that has rightly earned major accolades. Directed by @richardladkani and co-produced by @LeonardoDiCaprio, it’s a true story of love and resistance and a must watch.

High stakes. Real life.

Google Watch Yanuni on YouTube. taken in Brazil by @saving_the_wild

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World Rhino Day.

Time is running out.

But look at what is still here.

Still wild. Still magnificent. Still worth fighting for.

As long as the clock is ticking, so is Saving the Wild.

Video ©️ @jamie_savingthewild taken in South Africa by @saving_the_wild

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⛔️ All pangolins undergoing rehabilitation are kept off site with 24/7 high security. ⛔️

On Thursday @umoyakhulula celebrated the release of Pingu. Her journey began hundreds of kilometres away, at a police roadblock outside Beaufort West.

When authorities called for wildlife assistance, rescuers initially thought they had found a penguin. Instead, they arrived to find a Temminck’s ground pangolin curled into a ball.

And so she became Pingu.

Young, dehydrated and underweight, Pingu had survived being trafficked across South Africa. With the help of CapeNature, Airlink and Impact for Wildlife, she was flown to Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital for emergency treatment and stabilisation.

Once she was strong enough, Pingu was transferred to Saving the Wild’s pangolin rehabilitation partner, Umoya Khulula, where the long road back to the wild began.

For months, Pingu underwent intensive rehabilitation at Umoya Khulula, foraging naturally for ants and termites. Her dedicated carer, Thomas, accompanied her on her foraging walks as she rebuilt her strength and independence.

Pangolin rehabilitation cannot be rushed. Every animal moves at their own pace, and release only comes when they are ready.

On Thursday, Pingu was ready. Thanks to Wild Wonderful World for covering the plane’s fuel and giving this story wings.

This is what every rescue should ultimately be about. Not simply saving an animal’s life, but giving them their freedom back.

Run wild, Pingu. You fought hard for this.

Video ©️ @jamie_savingthewild taken in South Africa by @saving_the_wild

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The Citizen reports…

A suspected poacher was found dead in the Kruger National Park (KNP) after fleeing from a herd of elephants, following an illegal incursion through the Pafuri area.

The grim discovery underscores the deadly risks of wildlife crime and the park’s intensified anti‑poaching operations.

Illegal entry
SANParks spokesperson JP Louw said Kruger National Park rangers received information on Saturday, 12 September 2026, about two suspected poachers who allegedly entered the park illegally through the Pafuri area on Friday, 11 September 2026.

“Preliminary information suggests that the two suspects encountered a herd of elephants while inside the park and fled in different directions, subsequently losing contact with one another.

“One of the suspects later returned home and reported that his accomplice was missing, indicating that he had heard him screaming during the incident,” Louw said.

Arrest
Louw added that the matter was reported to the South African Police Service (Saps).

“With the assistance of the local community, one suspect was arrested. The individual subsequently admitted to participating in the unlawful entry into the park and accompanied SANParks Rangers from the Pafuri Ranger Post to the area where the incident reportedly occurred.”

He said rangers followed tracks from the Luvuvhu River for approximately six kilometres into the park, where they discovered the body of the missing suspect.

“During the search, the remains of a buffalo, believed to have been illegally hunted, were also found.”

Louw said Saps has been informed and will continue with the necessary investigative and forensic processes. taken in Kruger National Park, South Africa by @saving_the_wild

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Long before the Springboks became world champions, springbok were roaming the ancient landscapes of the Cradle of Humankind.

Fossil evidence from the Cradle shows that springbok of the genus Antidorcas lived across this ancient landscape for more than two million years.

Today, the springbok is South Africa’s national animal and one of the most powerful symbols of our country. 🇿🇦

So after another rather spectacular weekend for the human Springboks, it seems only right to celebrate them here at Saving the Wild’s Residence at Sibani, in the Cradle of Humankind.

Whether friends or family, the four bedroom tented villa is a place to come together and create memories that will last the test of time.

Use the code “Saving the Wild” to get 10% off your booking ✨ @sibanilodge taken in Sibani Lodge by @saving_the_wild

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Who is feeling that Springbok energy this morning? 😆🏆🏉🇿🇦🍾🥂

World champions South Africa beat New Zealand for a third successive weekend to win the “Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry” series 3–1, taking the last of four tests 43–28 on Saturday.

That’s a Springbok on the cup. And the curious visitor is a nyala. Both antelope, but different.

Close enough buddy, today in South Africa everybody wants to be a Springbok. 😉

To the All Blacks, thank you for showing the world the best version of the Greatest Rivalry, both on and off the field. Much respect. 🙏

Video ©️ @jamie_savingthewild taken in South Africa by @saving_the_wild

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