Banner image: An overcrowded camp with lion cubs of the same age. (Photo: Blood Lions) By Don Pinnock, Daily Maverick, 26 August 2020 As Department of Agriculture officials file into a meeting with Parliament’s Environmental Portfolio Committee on Friday (August 28) to explain the animal welfare laws they administer and the implications …
Is Trophy Hunting a Major Threat to Lions?
By Jared Kukura, Wild Things Initiative, 10 August 2020 For more than a decade, we have been told trophy hunting is not a major threat to lions. But is this claim supported by science? Trophy hunting advocates will point to recent reports published by members of WildCRU and the IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group stating …
White-tailed Eagle Poisoning – Scotland
Banner image courtesy of Police Scotland who said “As well as being illegal, poisoning is a cruel way to kill a bird. It also puts the lives of other creatures and plants at risk and impacts negatively on our environment” As notified by Wild Justice (28 July 2020), a radio-collared specimen of the UK’s …
Informing The Debate on Trophy Hunting
On the 30 June 2020, Dr Dilys Roe, Chair – IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi) [and Board Member of advocacy group, Resource Africa UK] and Dr Amy Dickman, Director – Ruaha Carnivore Project, University of Oxford, presented to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Shooting and Conservation, chaired by Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP (‘Benefit …
Mufasa, the innocent white lion
“Mufasa fund” – fund raising to maintain legal right to keep Mufasa safe at Wild For Life sanctuary Petition – “Save Mufasa the white lion” -Care2Petition (at 644,804 signatures and rising) “White Lion Mufasa” – facebook page [Article updated, 11 July 2020] The Republic of South Africa, North West – …
Call on UK Government – Hunting Trophy Import/Export Ban
5th Anniversary of the killing of Cecil the Lion TROPHY HUNTING: CONSERVATION & ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO SET OUT ITS PLANS A coalition of Britain’s leading conservation and animal welfare groups are calling on the government to publish a timetable for banning trophy hunting imports [the UK public …
Cecil – 5 Year Anniversary
Banner image courtesy of Brent Stapelkamp “Cecil’s Roar” video – Courtesy of Craig Thomas On the 5th anniversary of Cecil the lion’s torture and death, let’s hear him roar again and let’s roar for him (and all such wildlife persecuted in the name of ‘sports’ trophy hunting) – see social media …
“Killing Game – The Extinction Industry”
The “Killing Game” is the July 2020 follow up book from Eduardo Gonçalves to “Trophy Hunters Exposed” (launched June 2020): “Killing Game” – UK order link – Published by Green Future Books Ltd. “Killing Game” – US/rest of the world order link – Published by Green Future Books Ltd. TROPHY HUNTING is …
Crossing the Red Line – Japan’s Exotic Pet Trade
“Crossing the Red Line – Japan’s Exotic Pet Trade,” TRAFFIC, June 2020 “Japan has historically been identified as one of the biggest consumer countries of exotic pets, where hundreds of threatened species are in demand, including slow lorises, owls and pythons privately kept by individuals. Demand in Japan has been a persistent driving force within …
“Unfair Game” – Published
“Unfair Game” – An exposé of South Africa’s captive-bred lion industry [Update] Now published on Kindle and in paperback (16 June 2020 in the UK, 7 July 2020 in the USA): UK Link – “Unfair Game“ USA Link – “Unfair Game“ By Lord Ashcroft on Wildlife – (Lord Ashcroft fb page link) …