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Founded on cruelty, fuelled by money
Are we about to see the end of one of South Africa's most infamous practices - Captive Lion Breeding (CLB) for hunting and trading of their parts? If Parliament adopts the recommendations of a hard-hi...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 11:56hrs | 2 | by Andreas Wilson-Späth
South African Donkeys slaughtered for bogus Chinese medicine
South Africa is implicated in the supply of donkeys for Chinese medicine reveals a report released today, World Donkey Day. The Donkeys are slaughtered in great numbers for their skins and expor...Published: 08 May 2018 at 11:21hrs | 1 | by Adam Cruise
Captive cheetah breeding is reaching epidemic proportions in South Africa
An extremely worrying trend is emerging in South Africa, where cheetahs are bred on demand, taken away from their mothers to be hand-reared for cub petting, to become well-beh...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 10:25hrs | 1 | by Louise de Waal
SA Public has no time to contest sale of lion bones
South Africa is about to permit the export of lion bones to produce fake tiger wine but has given the public almost no time to object. The permit will allow an annual export of 800 skeletons to Asia....Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 11:14hrs | 5 | by Don Pinnock Environmental journalist
SA doccie reveals the shocking truth behind lion breeding
Blood Lions, a new documentary film delivers a damning verdict on the rapidly growing South African industry that breeds, hunts and trades lions in captivity.'Blood Lions', a hard-hitting...Published: 24 Jul 2015 at 14:27hrs | | by Andreas Wilson-Späth
Unsavoury practices in canned hunting industry prompt government concern
Minister Edna Molewa has just met with stakeholders "to address widespread and mounting public concern" about the controversial practice of canned lion hunting. The meeting comes at a time whe...Published: 21 Jul 2015 at 11:47hrs | | by Andreas Wilson-Späth
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