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A nail in the coffin of the captive lion breeding industry?

Aug 29, 2018 · by Nikela Volunteer/Guest blogger · In: canned hunting, Nikela Blog Tagged: canned lion hunting, Conservation Action Trust

There was an overwhelming consensus for the need to bring an end to the controversial captive lion breeding industry in South Africa at a two-day Parliamentary Colloquium of the Portfolio Committee of Environmental Affairs. However, in an article in the Cape Times “SA’s lion conservation policies rooted in science” is a carefully scripted piece by Minister Molewa trying to justify an industry the majority of attendants at the colloquium agree has past its sell by date. Mr MP Mapulane (chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs) summed up the sentiment around the room by saying “South Africa is allowing…

Open Letter Reveals Vile Secrets of Trophy Hunting in Africa

Jun 26, 2018 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: canned hunting, Nikela Blog, trophy hunting Tagged: African lions, Cecil the lion, trophy hunting

There are times when apauling news must be shared. When I caught John Varty’s post on Facebook revealing the most vile secrets of trophy hunting in Africa, I was horrified. With his permission, what follows is his open letter… In support of the ongoing investigation into the death of the dominant male lion Skye, who was killed in the Umbabat Reserve, I am republishing the letter I wrote to Theo Bronkhorst, the professional hunter who shot Cecil the lion. Incidentally, the American hunter Palmer and Theo Bronkhorst were never prosecuted. Hello Theo I grew up in a hunting environment. Both my…

South Africa kills captive bred lions to sell their bones

May 9, 2018 · by Nikela Volunteer/Guest blogger · In: canned hunting, lion, Nikela Blog Tagged: canned hunting, captive breeding, Conservation Action Trust, Lion bone trade

Visions of wild animals roaming free in Africa are fast becoming fantasy as we hear once again of the horrors happening to captive bred lions. It’s been a bloody time for the South African canned lion industry. Last week, a lion ‘abattoir’ was exposed on a farm in the Free State, where close to 100 lions were reportedly to be killed and their skeletons prepared for export to Asia. Shortly after news of the slaughter broke, a game reserve owner from Limpopo was mauled by one of his captive lions, Shamba. The lion was immediately shot, causing a social media…

Cheetahs bred on demand in captivity for profit

Apr 25, 2018 · by Nikela Volunteer/Guest blogger · In: canned hunting, Cheetah, Nikela Blog Tagged: breeding cheetah, Conservation Action Trust, wildlife conservation

Captive cheetah breeding is reaching epidemic proportions in South Africa. Cheetahs bred on demand for profit. An extremely worrying trend is emerging in South Africa. Cheetah cubs are bred and taken away from their mothers. They are then hand-reared for cub petting, to become well-behaved ambassador species, exported for “zoological” reasons or into the pet trade. With the number of cheetahs in captivity soaring to more than 600 kept in about 80 different facilities, concerns have been raised that this industry is showing alarming similarities of the lion breeding industry, with its links to canned hunting and legal lion bone…

Forever a predator: A captive lion kills woman in South Africa

Mar 5, 2018 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: canned hunting, lioness, Nikela Blog, wild animals Tagged: captive lions, Kevin Richardson

Why is it that we humans never understand that even a captive lion is forever a predator… and can and will kill? Oh how horrible! Was my response as I read about the killing. One of Kevin Richardson’s lionesses attacked a woman. Kevin, a huge advocate for lions, campaigns against the captive breeding of lions. Some find this controversial. Kevin has a sanctuary for lions that can’t be released. However, Kevin doesn’t breed lions. He provides them with a forever home. As part of the lions’ enrichment he takes them for ‘lion walks’ on the Dinokeng reserve where the sanctuary…

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A nail in the coffin of the captive lion breeding industry?

Open Letter Reveals Vile Secrets of Trophy Hunting in Africa

South Africa kills captive bred lions to sell their bones

Cheetahs bred on demand in captivity for profit

Forever a predator: A captive lion kills woman in South Africa

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