Trevor Oertel
Trevor Oertel is a South African businessman, conservationist and wildlife enthusiast. His passion is falconry, a pursuit he has followed since childhood, specifically hunting ducks and partridges under peregrine falcons. Oertel has served various ministers of environmental affairs as a member of the Minister's Wildlife Forum. He is an executive committee member of the Sustainable Use Coalition of Southern Africa (SUCo-SA) and has represented SUCo-SA at CITES meetings in Panama and Geneva.
Articles By This Author
When Ideology Replaces Policy – Dion George’s Abuse of Office and the Animal Rights Capture of Environmental Governance
Former Minister Dion George’s decision to drag DA leader John Steenhuisen to the Public Protector, while simultaneously calling for investigations into Minister Willie Aucamp, represents
NSPCA has no mandate to dictate or question government appointments
The recent public utterances by the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA), in which they presume to question Minister John Steenhuisen’s appointment of Minister Willie Aucamp
When wildlife has value, it lives – when it does not, it dies
Over the past few days, while there was speculation on whether Dion George should be replaced as the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment,