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HSI/Africa urges department of environmental affairs to heed Parliament’s call to end captive lion breeding for trophy hunting and the…
Are we about to see the end of one of South Africa’s most infamous practices – captive lion breeding for…
DRAFT REPORT OF THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ON THE COLLOQUIUM ON Captive lion breeding for hunting in South…
The NSPCA has made an urgent application to the Gauteng High Court which contains photographic evidence of alarming and persistent…
There was an overwhelming consensus for the need to bring an end to the controversial captive lion breeding industry in…
Canned lion hunting and trading in lion skeletons is having ever-widening negative ramifications for Brand South Africa. More than 40…
Executive Summary In July 2018, without public consultation or scientific substantiation, South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) raised its…
Predator breeding using lions and other species could cost South Africa over R54-billion over the next 10 years in loss…
A review of the worldwide reaction to South Africa’s captive lion breeding and canned hunting industry and involvement in the…
This week, we have been taking part in the 70th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Animals Committee…
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,…
A Collaborative Lion Bone Research Project 1 Introduction and Project Aims The African lion is the only big cat listed…
Exporting lion bones is killing South Africa’s brand. So says director of the environmental non-profit organisation EMS Foundation Michele Pickover…
Criminal syndicates may use the legal trade in lion bones from our captive lion population, as a cover for illegal…
Cape Town – Asian demand for tiger wine and other products is creating a crisis for big cats across the…
Yesterday (28 June 2017), the Minster of Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, announced her decision on the proposed setting of…
Cape Town – The South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has blatantly ignored public opinion by formally approving the…
Cape Town – While the Department of Environmental Affairs is the custodian of SA’s wildlife and natural resources on a…
Singita, &Beyond, and Great Plains Conservation are among the safari companies that are urging government not to allow any trade…