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Court victory for NSPCA over welfare of captive lions, bone exports
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled in favour of the NSPCA regarding the welfare of lions in captivity…
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RULING THAT LION SKELETON EXPORT QUOTAS ARE ILLEGAL IS A VICTORY FOR ETHICAL CONSERVATION
Welfare problems have always characterised the captive lion industry, but have proliferated over the past few years due to a…
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Lion Bone Quota – Unlawful and Unconstitutional High Court Ruling – NSPCA vs DEA
Judgment-Lion-Bone-case-6-August-2019-1Download Today’s landmark decision was reached in the High Court in the matter NSPCA vs Department of Environmental Affairs. The…
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Covering Letter for the lion bone quota submission
To: Honourable Minister Barbara Creecy 14th June 2019 Dear Honourable Minister Creecy, Honourable Deputy Minister Sotyu and Ms Phoshoko, Thank…
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Captive lion breeding coalition submission to DEFF
Public Participation Submission of the Coalition To Stop the Captive Breeding and Keeping of Lions and Other Big Cats for…
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THE EXTINCTION BUSINESS South Africa’s ‘Lion’ Bone Trade
PREAMBLE For more than a decade, South Africa has been actively supporting and growing the international trade in big cat…
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Animal cruelty charges laid against lion farmer
Photo credit: Conservation Action Trust The NSPCA has laid criminal charges against Jan Steinman, a lion farmer in North West,…
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DEA bactracks on parliamentary resolution on captive lion breeding
Picture: Martin Meja/AP A Parliamentary Resolution to end the Captive Breeding of Lions in South Africa has been ignored by…
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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 bone trade
HSI/Africa urges department of environmental affairs to heed Parliament’s call to end captive lion breeding for trophy hunting and the…
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Parliament moves to put the brakes on ‘unethical’ captive lion breeding and bone trade
Are we about to see the end of one of South Africa’s most infamous practices – captive lion breeding for…
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DRAFT REPORT – Colloquium on Captive lion breeding for hunting in South Africa: Harming or promoting the conservation image of the country
DRAFT REPORT OF THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ON THE COLLOQUIUM ON Captive lion breeding for hunting in South…
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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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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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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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The Economics of Captive Predator Breeding in South Africa
Executive Summary In July 2018, without public consultation or scientific substantiation, South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) raised its…
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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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Captive Lion Breeding, Canned Lion Hunting & the Lion Bone Trade: Damaging Brand South Africa?
A review of the worldwide reaction to South Africa’s captive lion breeding and canned hunting industry and involvement in the…
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Evidence to CITES shows irresponsible lion bone trade drives consumer demand for big cat parts
This week, we have been taking part in the 70th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Animals Committee…
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Time to end lion bone trade
A DAMNING report on South Africa’s lion bone trade has called for the end of the trade, a forensic investigation…
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Dodgy skeleton traders and lion slaughterhouses exposed in damning report
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has increased South Africa’s lion bone export quota from 800 to 1,500 a year,…