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| Lion and Leopard Non Detriment Findings – Government Gazette 10th September 2015
10 September 2015 | Government Gazette | BOMO EDITH EDNA MOLEWA |
The following is recommended: 1) Guidelines for the allocation of leopard trophy quotas must be developed and provided to all provinces by the end of January 2015. 2) A conditional leopard trophy quota allocation must be issued for 2015, whereby provinces must indicate compliance with the guidelines recommended in (1) above. Provinces showing noncompliance with … Full Story ? |
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| Travel conference shirks SA lion film
September 22, 2015 | Africa Geographic | Andreas Wilson – Spath | Free to publish credit CAT
Travel conference organisers have decided not to screen a documentary that raises critical questions about key tourist attractions that their event promotes. Local delegates to the World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC) 2015 asked the hosts to include a screening of the film Blood Lions in their programme. The documentary shows young, conservation-minded volunteers from around the world paying … Full Story ? |
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| Conserving the last lions
September 21, 2015 | Farmer’s Weekly | Annelie Coleman |
The king of the beasts may not survive the 21st century. Conflict with livestock owners in Africa, a growing demand in the Far East for large felid bones, shrinking habitat, poaching and unlawful hunting are all combining to narrow the odds for Panthera leo, one of the most revered animals on the planet, writes Dr … Full Story ? |
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| Investigative documentary on bloody ivory from Tanzania
SEP 18, 2015 | EturboNews | APOLINARI TAIRO |
China’s love of ivory is helping to fuel an illicit global trade on bloody ivory, hence, killing of African elephants. The supply chain is complicated and often hard to trace, but it begins in the bush in Africa, where poachers kill an estimated 30,000 elephants each year. Tanzania is rated on top as Africa’s hotbed … Full Story ? |
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| Approaching the Tipping Point
18th September 2015 | South Africa Deluxe | Lindsay Grubb |
To legalise or not – a look at rhino horn trade That the tipping point will shortly be reached between the survival and extinction of the rhino is no longer up for debate. According to Minister Edna Molewa’s report, back in May 2015, by the end of April 2015, South Africa had lost 393 rhino … Full Story ? |
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| Driven hunt organizer implicated in land deal irregularities
Sep 18, 2015 | SABN | Hazel Friedman | Free to publish credit CAT
The playgrounds of trigger-happy trophy hunters are far removed from the fertile fruit farms of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape. But a recent television expose of driven hunting has established a disturbing link between the agricultural and hunting sectors. The link is Anton de Vries – a Dutch businessman and fruit exporter whose companies … Full Story ? |
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