ARE THE LIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA SAFE?

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By Andrew Van Ginkel (first published on End Trophy Hunting, 12 June 2017) Over the last two decades wild lion population have dropped from 30,000 to 20,000. This sharp decline in wild lion population figures can be linked to conflict with people, bushmeat poaching, habitat loss, unsustainable trophy hunting, and …

Leopard Hunting – South Africa

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Banner image courtesy of Mark Boulton, Elsa Trust and Elsamere Government Gazette, Vol.  620, 8 February 2017, No. 40601 Notice 75, Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) Draft norms and standards for the management and monitoring of the hunting of leopard in South Africa for trophy hunting purposes “Members of the …

Proposed trade in rhinoceros horn – South Africa

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Petition – “Take a stand for South Africa’s rhinos!“ Petition – “We don’t want your rhino horn” – Vietnam, Born Free Foundation Petition – “Stop SA Government legalizing domestic and international trade in Rhino horn” – Global March for Elephants and Rhino Government Gazette, Vol.  620, 8 February 2017, No. …

Animal Abusers Amongst Us

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Warning: This article contains links to graphic images/video that are extremely disturbing Well, it seems there is lot of horrendous animal abuse in our world (always has been, but it does not have to continue that way is a ‘hope’ we can aspire to). Before anyone shouts back “well first, …

“Volunteering with lions: discovering the truth behind the sham!”

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Petition – “South African Government: Please Ban the Cruel Breeding of Blood Lions!“ Foreword by Malena Persson, Campaign Against Canned Hunting (CACH), UK “I often look at social media pages from various lion farms and shake my head in sadness, desperately wishing that the young volunteers, surrounded by lion cubs, …

‘London Against the Dolphin Massacre’ – 1 September 2016

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On the 1st September 2016,  ‘London Against the Dolphin Massacre‘ and Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project will join forces once again for another HUGE, LOUD yet PEACEFUL protest against Taiji, Japan and its cruel barbaric annual hunts. 1 September 2016. Japanese Embassy, Piccadilly London,  W1J 7JT; 12:00 hours – 18:00 hours   …

Dolphin (Taiji) Protest, Japanese Embassy, London,16 October 2015

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Banner permission, courtesy of Daria Walasek and Chrissy Sadik – “Thank you”   “JAPAN, STOP THE DRIVEN HUNT OF DOLPHINS IN TAIJI!” Today’s protest outside the Japanese Embassy in London, 16 October 2015 “Blood stained seas: Horrifying reality of dolphin slaughter exposed” – Express Newspaper, Stuart Winter, 17 October 2015 Pictures …

“Stop” the Driven Hunt – Dolphins in Taiji, Japan

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Protest at Japanese Embassy, London, 16 October 2015 Reference: Richard O’Barry – Dolphin Project SEPTEMBER 1st marked the start of the 2015/2016 dolphin drive hunt season in Taiji, Japan. Each year from September through March, the notoriously cruel dolphin slaughter takes place in Taiji, Japan; During the season, dolphin hunters …

IWB writes to DEFRA about UK position in the upcoming CITES meeting

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The IWB has written to The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ask what the United Kingdom will be doing to protect engendered and threatened species, particularly with the forthcoming opportunity to take a stance at the Conference of the Parties …