http://www.702.co.za Talk Radio 702 - The Podcasts en-us 2006 14 May 2012 2 702webmaster@702.co.za Errol Ballantine and Tim Neary spoke to Dr. Talis Hoffman, spokesperson for the Animal Demographic Unit (ADU), about the ADU’s aims and functions, and about how listeners can get involved with some of their projects. 14 May 2012 Errol Ballentine and Tim Nearly spoke to Dr Herman Els, Manager for Hunting and Conservation at the South Africa Hunters and Game Conservation Association. They discussed the high risk demand for wild lions bones in Asian countries. Dr. Els highlighted the fact that this high demand could lead South Africa to find itself faced with the poaching of the wild lion population. 07 May 2012 Tim Neary and spoke to Johan Marais, Convenor of the the National Off Road Workgroup, about a snake awareness course. It will touch on identification, first aid and snake handling and will happen on 12 May at the Rhino and Lion Park. 01 May 2012 Tim Neary and Quereshini Naidoo spoke to Peter Webb, spokesperson and Marketing Manager for the Lepidopterists Society of Africa, about the butterfly census which started around the country this weekend. Beginners and experts are being encouraged to help with the counting. The point of the census is to count the numbers of, and species of butterfly to assess the impact of land use and climate change on the plant pollinators 24 April 2012 Tim and Que spoke to Graham Wallington, CEO of WildEarth, about his latest documentary about meerkats. He gave detailed information about their habitat, biology, behaviour and why people should not keep them as pets 17 April 2012 We spoke Colleen O'Carroll, Director of WolfSA about the importance of preserving the wolves population, the dynamic relationship between humans and wolves, the importance of not removing animals from their natural domain and the importance of ending cross-breeding. 10 April 2012 Que and Tim spoke to Mark Anderson, CEO of Birdlife SA, about the ‘Big Five’ in the birding world and the renaming of some birds. 03 April 2012 Que and Tim spoke to Hayley McLellan an animal behaviourist, conservationist and anti-plastic bag campaigner, about her Rethink the Bag initiative and the Penguin Waddle that is set to take place from the 16th April to 21st April. 27 March 2012 Que and Tim spoke to WWF SA’s Executive Manager for Communications and Marketing Zubair Sayed about their Earth Hour concept of “I Will If You Will”. This year the world’s largest voluntary action for the environment takes a giant leap to showcase how everyone has the power to change the world we live in. 20 March 2012 The MEC of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning in the Western Cape Anton Bredell and Dr. Kas Hamman, Executive Director of Biodiversity addressed issues around the management of free range predators on farmlands and the methods used for the killing of jackals. 13 March 2012