The Republic of South Africa, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and The Environment (DFFE) has issued its “Draft Policy Position on… Read more Draft Policy Position on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Elephant, Lion, Leopard and Rhinoceros
Tag: South Africa
2022 Review
United Kingdom Hunting Trophy Imports On the 25 November 2022, the first reading of the Henry Smith MP’s “Hunting Trophies… Read more 2022 Review
Challenge to leopard hunting quota proof that the DFFE should change its spots
Article by Don Pinnock originally in the Daily Maverick, 16 March 2022 As numbers decline and persecution continues, South Africa… Read more Challenge to leopard hunting quota proof that the DFFE should change its spots
South Africa’s War on Wild Animals
Banner image: Video screen grabs from an undercover investigation at Safari Club International‘s annual hunters‘ convention in Las Vegas. (Photo: HSI… Read more South Africa’s War on Wild Animals
Year of the Tiger?
Big cat farming in South Africa: the need for international action “South Africa is intensively breeding tigers and lions for a commercial… Read more Year of the Tiger?
2021 Review
In last year’s review, it was hoped that in 2021 we could start to return to some kind of ‘normality’… Read more 2021 Review
30 Lions Euthanised After Burning in Free State Fires in Shocking Animal Cruelty Case
Banner Image: 30 Lions Euthanised After Burning in Free State Fires. Photos supplied Original article link, “30 Lions Euthanised After… Read more 30 Lions Euthanised After Burning in Free State Fires in Shocking Animal Cruelty Case
The Tiger Mafia
Hopefully, this chilling documentary will be on general release soon – highlighting the cruel commodification of thousands of tigers in… Read more The Tiger Mafia
Identical ‘Cecil’ Killing of Another Hwange Lion, Mopane
A lion called Mopane was shot by a bowhunter on 5 August 2021 on a hunting concession bordering the unfenced… Read more Identical ‘Cecil’ Killing of Another Hwange Lion, Mopane
South Africa’s Draft Policy Position – Elephant, Lion, Leopard and Rhinoceros
After last year’s High-Level Panel (HLP) submission process in South Africa, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)… Read more South Africa’s Draft Policy Position – Elephant, Lion, Leopard and Rhinoceros