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NSPCA heads for court to halt trade in lion skeletons
The NSPCA has made an urgent application to the Gauteng High Court which contains photographic evidence of alarming and persistent…
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Has rhino poaching decreased, or are we running out of rhinos?
A strategic report on poaching just released by the Department of Environmental Affairs shows that fewer rhinos but more elephants are being…
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Do test tube lions help conserve wild lions?
Lion experts dispute conservation value of test tube lions questioning whether this merely supports lion breeders’ claims that they contribute…
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Botswana’s elephant poaching crisis under scrutiny
Reports of elephant poaching in Botswana are under the spotlight with various claims in national and international media that the…
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Controversy over Skye the lion
THE controversy deepens around the death of a magnificent male lion in Umbabat Private Nature Reserve (PNR) as Parliament was…
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Permitting authority shows Parliament photo of dead lion it claims is not famous pride male – but experts say it is
The authority that licensed the lion trophy hunt which became the focus of a parliamentary inquiry last week has been…
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Free captive-born Lammie the Elephant now: Experts’ plea to Joburg Zoo
While Lammie the elephant languishes alone since the recent death of her partner, Kinkel, elephant experts are calling for her…
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Kruger Park gets grumpy over lion hunting and bad PR with it’s errant neighbour
It was in Umbabat that a lion was recently hunted and ended up being discussed in Parliament, following accusations that…
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Welfare of SA’s ‘bone lions’ side lined by DEA, DAFF
Captive Bred Lions destined for canned hunting or slaughter for their bones are not protected by South Africa’s animal welfare…
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A nail in the coffin of the captive lion breeding industry?
There was an overwhelming consensus for the need to bring an end to the controversial captive lion breeding industry in…
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Largest lion bone carrier, Singapore Airlines, stops cargo from South Africa
The largest airline exporter of lion bones from South Africa to Southeast Asia will no longer support SA’s bone trade…
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Captive lion breeding in Parliament’s sights amid global ‘outcry’
“MPs must be concerned when reputable conservation agencies turn their backs on SA and deplore its policies [regarding captive lion…
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Captive-breeding lion industry is killing Brand South Africa
Canned lion hunting and trading in lion skeletons is having ever-widening negative ramifications for Brand South Africa. More than 40…
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Skye is the Limit – The Kruger Lion Hunt Saga Continues
Outrage, secrecy, abomination, controversy, suspicion, and cat and mouse game, are some of the verbalisations around the events linked to…
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SA licenses leopard hunting
South Africa has opened hunting season on leopards after two years of grace. The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has…
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OP-ED: Lion bones and predator farming – picking on the carcass of SA tourism
Predator breeding using lions and other species could cost South Africa over R54-billion over the next 10 years in loss…
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Kruger threatens to re-erect game fences over private reserves’ poor governance
A number of the private reserves in the Greater Kruger National Park appear to be violating the protocols and regulations…
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SA’s macabre captive lion breeding industry to be investigated by Parliament
South Africa’s unregulated captive lion breeding industry will shortly be reviewed by the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs in a…
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Elephant poaching on the increase in Botswana
Last week, the carcass of a 40-year old elephant bull was found in Ngamiland, northern Botswana, partly covered with still…
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Cheetah cub petting offered under the guise of conservation
At least 600 cheetahs are kept in captivity in South African tourism facilities, offering interactions and cub petting in the…