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The authority that licensed the lion trophy hunt which became the focus of a parliamentary inquiry last week has been…
While Lammie the elephant languishes alone since the recent death of her partner, Kinkel, elephant experts are calling for her…
It was in Umbabat that a lion was recently hunted and ended up being discussed in Parliament, following accusations that…
Captive Bred Lions destined for canned hunting or slaughter for their bones are not protected by South Africa’s animal welfare…
There was an overwhelming consensus for the need to bring an end to the controversial captive lion breeding industry in…
The largest airline exporter of lion bones from South Africa to Southeast Asia will no longer support SA’s bone trade…
“MPs must be concerned when reputable conservation agencies turn their backs on SA and deplore its policies [regarding captive lion…
Canned lion hunting and trading in lion skeletons is having ever-widening negative ramifications for Brand South Africa. More than 40…
Outrage, secrecy, abomination, controversy, suspicion, and cat and mouse game, are some of the verbalisations around the events linked to…
South Africa has opened hunting season on leopards after two years of grace. The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has…
Predator breeding using lions and other species could cost South Africa over R54-billion over the next 10 years in loss…
A number of the private reserves in the Greater Kruger National Park appear to be violating the protocols and regulations…
South Africa’s unregulated captive lion breeding industry will shortly be reviewed by the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs in a…
Last week, the carcass of a 40-year old elephant bull was found in Ngamiland, northern Botswana, partly covered with still…
At least 600 cheetahs are kept in captivity in South African tourism facilities, offering interactions and cub petting in the…
Dogged by allegations of bribery and unethical operators, a dodgy permitting system, and the contentious hunting of so-called ‘problem animals’…
A DAMNING report on South Africa’s lion bone trade has called for the end of the trade, a forensic investigation…
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has increased South Africa’s lion bone export quota from 800 to 1,500 a year,…
The proposed hippo culling spree in Zambia’s world-renowned Luangwa Valley has a dodgy tender process at its core and appears to…
The hunting of a lion in Umbabat Reserve alongside the Kruger National Park has been cloaked in secrecy ever since…