In a comprehensive report just released, “The Extinction Business, South Africa’s ‘Lion’ Bone Trade,” EMS Foundation and Ban Animal Trading, July 2018 the conclusion is: South Africa’s lion bone trade has “….created a situation where the legal trade in ‘lion’ bones is fuelling the illegal trade in lion and tiger …
Press Release: Republic of South Africa, Department of Environmental Affairs, 16 Jul 2018 Update: IWB letter to Her Excellency, South African High Commissioner to the UK, dated 31 July 2018 In accordance with advice provided by the Scientific Authority, the Department of Environmental Affairs has determined the 2018 lion bone …
“Leopards are Asia’s most traded big cat, with more than 4,900 leopards having been seized from illegal trade in Asia since 2002, and this figure likely represents a fraction of leopard parts being trafficked. Trade in their bones, primarily to meet demand from Chinese consumers, is a one of the …
Original article and banner image (“Skye: Nadine Dreyer”) courtesy of Daily Maverick By Judy Malone, writing on behalf of Tourists Against Trophy Hunting, 28 June 2018 Trophy hunting is not about science, rights or traditions, or about personal choices. It is about right and wrong, good and evil. The self-evident truth is that …
Fair Game? Improving the well-being of South African wildlife – Endangered Wildlife Trust, Centre for Environmental Rights, 2018: “In practice, the current legal regime ultimately provides little protection for wild animals.”
Banner Image – ROAR PAIN It is feared that the lion killed by an American hunter last week was the dominant lion in a pride with cubs. The lion has been missing since the hunt and on Friday one of his cubs was found dead. Picture: Nadine Dreyer By Don …
Banner image courtesy of IOL Zambia has announced that it intends to reinstate a cull (killing) of 2,000 hippos along the Luangwa River Valley over the next five years, promoting the killing as a commercial opportunity for trophy hunters – (“South African hunters to shoot 2000 Zambian hippos, IOL, 1 …
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) study of ‘cyber-crime’ wildlife trafficking: France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom: “The internet is now the world’s biggest marketplace, open all hours for buyers and sellers to exchange goods. With such a huge volume of transactions taking place daily, relatively low trading …
United Kingdom After the United Kingdom government’s Ivory Consultation, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) response to the recent ivory consultation is welcomed – “Banning UK sales of ivory – Summary of responses and government response,” dated April 2018. Update, 25 May 2018: “Prohibiting the commercial dealing …
By Don Pinnock, “Tigers are being bred in Gauteng backyards for petting and bone export,” Daily Maverick, 23 April 2018 South Africa is one the world’s biggest exporters of endangered tigers, almost all of which end up as floor mats, wall hangings or skeletons submerged in vats of Asian tiger-bone …
