The 7.5 million birds represented about 20-30% of South Africa's total chicken stock, South African Poultry Association general manager Izaak Breitenbach said. The government was moving to fast ...

BirdLife South Africa, the local chapter of BirdLife International, has announced the Cape parrot as its Bird of the Year for 2023. The Cape parrot, or Poicephalus robustus for the sciency folk ...

The 7.5 million birds represented about 20-30% of South Africa's total chicken stock, South African Poultry Association general manager Izaak Breitenbach said. The government was moving to fast ...

An outbreak of avian flu - a highly contagious viral infection that affects wild birds as well as poultry - has hit poultry farms in South Africa. Two different strains are causing outbreaks in ...

The birds are found throughout central and north-central southern Africa. Year after year, family groups get bigger and, as ...

By Rachel Nuwer Silhouettes of patrolling raptors filled skies throughout Africa as recently as a few decades ago, but it’s much less common to spot those birds of prey today. Now, new research ...

May 20 (Reuters) - South Africa remains at risk of bird flu due to delays in the roll-out of a broad vaccination programme, the country's largest chicken producer, Astral Foods (ARLJ.J), opens new ...

On Wednesday (September 27), neighboring Namibia suspended all imports of live poultry, birds and poultry products from South Africa. 2. Kenya's struggle with a heavy debt load and pressure on its ...

Paris (AFP) – The flamboyantly plumed Secretary Bird and the serpent-catching Snake Eagle are among dozens of Africa's large birds of prey facing a human-driven "extinction crisis" researchers ...

A guide for a safari lodge in South Africa has captured extraordinary footage ... But this behavior is initiated by certain birds as sort of a spa treatment. “This is very rarely seen but ...

Scientists said these large birds of prey in decline face a "double jeopardy" -- increasingly dependent on protected areas, they also have a more restricted habitat. Unless Africa's conservation ...