Ed Stoddard
@edstoddardza.bsky.social
Nova Scotian transplanted to South Africa. Johannesburg-based journalist, keen on fly-fishing, wildlife, history, red wine and the Springboks. Human-wildlife conflict and its role in history is among my intellectual passions.
"Non-consumptive" ecotourism is not a panacea and in many ways has a more detrimental impact on wildlife than hunting: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Selfie safari crisis as social media drives dangerous, unethical wildlife tourism | Daily Maverick
<p>Millions of tourists flock to private and public wildlife reserves in Africa every year. But this unrelenting desire for social media footage — and accompanying bad behaviour — comes at a price.</p...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"Non-consumptive" ecotourism is not a panacea and in many ways has a more detrimental impact on wildlife than hunting: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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“Is that the CN tower in the background? It’s like they’re not even trying.”
"You can totally tell this movie was shot in Toronto," says man about movie set in Toronto
TORONTO – While watching a movie at home with friends, local cinephile Jacob Meznik repeatedly pointed out all the times the movie gave away that it was clearly shot in Toronto, blissfully unaware tha...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“Is that the CN tower in the background? It’s like they’re not even trying.”
Richly deserved what a force on the field ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Recognition for Malcolm Marx as the world’s best has been years in the making | Daily Maverick
<p>Hooker Malcolm Marx capped a fine year for himself and South African rugby by becoming the fourth Springbok to earn the World Player of the Year award.</p>
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November 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Richly deserved what a force on the field ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
I have reported extensively on this debacle in which the rights and dignity of poor Africans were trampled on by Western animal rights activism. Now there is an aid appeal for the victims ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Appeal launched for human-wildlife conflict victims of botched Ifaw elephant translocation | Daily Maverick
<p>Animals rights and welfare organisations in Africa often face the accusation that they place the welfare of wildlife above that of people, notably the rural poor who mostly bear the terrifying burd...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I have reported extensively on this debacle in which the rights and dignity of poor Africans were trampled on by Western animal rights activism. Now there is an aid appeal for the victims ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Reposted by Ed Stoddard
The right loves the accounts, which often rail against supposed voter fraud.
They’re run by a Macedonian who illegally donated to a U.S. House candidate.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
They’re run by a Macedonian who illegally donated to a U.S. House candidate.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The right loves the accounts, which often rail against supposed voter fraud.
They’re run by a Macedonian who illegally donated to a U.S. House candidate.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
They’re run by a Macedonian who illegally donated to a U.S. House candidate.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Reposted by Ed Stoddard
Toxic mines put Southeast Asia's rivers, people at risk, study says reut.rs/3LUHR7r
Toxic mines put Southeast Asia's rivers, people at risk, study says
For most of her life, 59-year-old farmer Tip Kamlue has irrigated her fields in northern Thailand with the waters of the Kok River, which flows down from neighbouring Myanmar before joining with the Mekong River that cuts through Southeast Asia.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Toxic mines put Southeast Asia's rivers, people at risk, study says reut.rs/3LUHR7r
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Doug Ford to produce ad where Reagan says that pedophilia is bad
Doug Ford to produce ad where Reagan says that pedophilia is bad - The Beaverton
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario Premier Doug Ford is in production today on a new advertisement meant to play on U.S. television that sees former President Ronald Reagan point out how he, like most people, tho...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Doug Ford to produce ad where Reagan says that pedophilia is bad
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Opinion: Why do we need a cure for diabetes when I don’t have it?
Opinion: Why do we need a cure for diabetes when I don’t have it?
Brandon, Manitoba – Millions of Canadians live with diabetes, and the Government of Canada has spent billions on diabetes research and treatment. But here’s what I don’t understand: Why do we need a c...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Opinion: Why do we need a cure for diabetes when I don’t have it?
No one wants elephants in South Africa anymore - but this reserve project is a revealing exception. My story with my colleague Felix Dlangamandla on the issue: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Limpopo reserve wants something no one else in SA wants: elephants
Elephants confined in fenced spaces are an ecological and economic challenge, but removing the species also has consequences. At a time when virtually no one in South Africa wants elephants and the an...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
No one wants elephants in South Africa anymore - but this reserve project is a revealing exception. My story with my colleague Felix Dlangamandla on the issue: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Reposted by Ed Stoddard
However, concern remains, since the recent modification only benefits a few agricultural industries and does not address the overall exposure of the sector to the US.
US tariff retreat offers limited relief for South Africa’s farmers
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November 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
However, concern remains, since the recent modification only benefits a few agricultural industries and does not address the overall exposure of the sector to the US.
Once again I am glad that my old high school in Dartmouth Nova Scotia - previously called Prince Andrew High - changed its name a couple of years ago after a campaign that I also took part in. With his royal titles stripped Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor High would have been a mouthful …
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Once again I am glad that my old high school in Dartmouth Nova Scotia - previously called Prince Andrew High - changed its name a couple of years ago after a campaign that I also took part in. With his royal titles stripped Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor High would have been a mouthful …
The third and final part of my series on mining as the planet's unexpected saviour ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Part 3 — The headwinds that beset mining’s bid to save the planet
In the final part of this series, we look at how the mining sector’s past could undermine its efforts to save the planet.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The third and final part of my series on mining as the planet's unexpected saviour ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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Complex, timeless masterpiece of classical music conjures up only images of cartoon rabbit in drag
Complex, timeless masterpiece of classical music conjures up only images of cartoon rabbit in drag
CORNWALL, ON ― 39-year-old landscaper Talia Arsenault became painfully aware of her total lack of refinement recently, when a symphony that had weathered centuries of cultural change thanks to its sti...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Complex, timeless masterpiece of classical music conjures up only images of cartoon rabbit in drag
On history’s grand stage, Clio has cast the mining sector in a starring role as both Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – it has been a force for both immense good and monstrous evil ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Keystone Industry: How mining became planet’s unlikely saviour
Mining is the ‘keystone industry’. Without it, the global economy will collapse like an arch without its keystone. Its fingerprints are also all over human-made climate change. But here’s the rub: the...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
On history’s grand stage, Clio has cast the mining sector in a starring role as both Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – it has been a force for both immense good and monstrous evil ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
This is a big deal and may be the beginning of the end of the global ban on trade in rhino horn ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Rhino horn harvested from captive breeding operations can be exported, high court rules
The issue of trade in rhino horn has long been a bone of conservation contention, and this landmark decision is sure to stir controversy.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is a big deal and may be the beginning of the end of the global ban on trade in rhino horn ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...