NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (For written reply) QUESTION NO.410 (NW1382E) INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 7 of 2019 DATE OF PUBLICATION: 26 July 2019 Ms H S Winkler (DA) to ask the Minister of...
Government kicks the can forward yet again as the fate of thousands of lions remains in limbo
Two lionesses rub against a cage fence at a captive breeding centre for large predators at an undisclosed location in South Africa's Free State Province in an undated picture...
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 neglect by a game farmer in Alldays....
Captive lion breeding for hunting in South Africa colloquium Day 2
Chairperson: Mr MP Mapulane (ANC) Meeting Summary The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs hosted a Colloquium on captive lion breeding entitled Captive Lion...
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 laws. The Departments responsible for their welfare...
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 in Geneva, calling...
Department of Environmental Affairs Increase Captive Lion Bone Export Quota to 1,500
In 2017, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) announced an annual export quota of 800 skeletons (with or without the skull) for the international trade in lion bones....
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, despite being aware that some skeletons are being...
Lions in limbo at Free State abattoir while DEA and DAFF point fingers
Captive-bred lions at a recently exposed 'lion-abattoir' in the Free State are waiting for their fate to be decided as both the Departments of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and...
OPINION | How our lions are cruelly slaughtered – with government consent
It's been a bloody time for the South African canned lion industry. Last week‚ a lion 'abattoir' was exposed on a farm in the Free State‚ where close to 100 lions were...
Cash Before Conservation – A damning report on the commoditization of our lions
Criminal syndicates may use the legal trade in lion bones from our captive lion population, as a cover for illegal wildlife trade, reveals new report. A damning report titled...
Born Free Foundation: SA support for lion bones trade is damaging its image
The Department of Environmental Affairs has been slammed for allowing canned lion hunting and the export of lion bones without evidence that it has any scientific or conservation...
Cash before Conservation – An Overview of the Breeding of Lions for Hunting and Bone Trade
Forward Africa’s lions are facing an unprecedented crisis. Loss of habitat, reduced prey numbers, increasing conflict with a rapidly growing human population, unsustainable...
Has the Department of Environmental Affairs condoned canned lion hunting?
Changes to Cites legislation in 2016 allowing South Africa to establish ‘annual export quotas for trade in bones, bone pieces, bone products, claws, skeletons, skulls and teeth...
Uproar among professional hunters as some continue to embrace canned lion hunting
A split in the ranks as some professional hunters still side for canned lion hunting and the debate continues in South Africa. “Canned hunting is fake hunting for people who...
Open letter to Secretary Zinke: The African Lion Conservation Community’s response to the South African Predator Association’s letter
Attention Secretary Ryan Zinke Secretary of the Interior Department of the Interior 1849 C Street. N.W. Washington D.C 21240 United States of America OPEN LETTER TO SECRETARY...
US conservation groups sue over Lion and Elephant trophy import confusion
Two major US conservation NGOs are suing the Trump administration for allowing American hunters to import elephant and lion trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia. Two major US...
Permission to drink a lion
There is something extremely bizarre about drinking a lion. But maybe in this world of post-truth it’s a new normal. After all, the cruelty we do to creatures in factory farms...
SA told to end canned lion hunting
© iafrica.com A motion to terminate the hunting and breeding of captive lions and other predators in South Africa has been approved by the IUCN World Conservation Congress...
IUCN – Terminating the hunting of captive-bred lions
Terminating the hunting of captive-bred lions (Panthera leo) and other predators and captive breeding for commercial, non-conservation purposes NOTING the prohibition by the...
Captive breeding must end – tour companies
After the international outrage at the cynical killing of Cecil the Lion last year, and the unethical practices exposed in the film Blood Lions - which blew the lid off...
CAPTIVE BRED OR CANNED HUNTING – a play on words
According to South Africa’s Minister for Environment Affairs, Edna Molewa, there is a big difference between shooting of captive-bred versus shooting of canned lions. In an...