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Playing with words while captive lions die

10th June 2015 | Daily Maverick | Andreas Wilson-Spath | Please re-publish

In an article published in the Sunday Times a week ago [May 31], Edna Molewa, the minister of environmental affairs, admonishes conservationists to “put the lid on” what she believes are unfounded claims of canned lion hunting in South Africa that are “damaging our reputation for species conservation”. At issue is a semantic disagreement over … Full Story ?
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