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Lion Meat Tacos
Why do U.S. restaurants keep trying to sell lion meat? This month a Florida restaurant called Taco Fusion put lion tacos on its menu, and a California restaurant called Mokutanya announced lion skewers, its second such promotion in the past year. Public outrage rose up almost immediately, forcing both restaurants to remove the controversial fare from their menus. Taco Fusion and Mokutanya were not isolated cases. “There have been about 10 incidents in the past two...
City Hints At ‘canned Hunting’
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THE Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality does not want to give annual rates rebates to the Kragga Kamma Game Park and Seaview Predator Park, saying it cannot be sure that the two game parks are not participating in “canned hunting”.
On The 15th March People Across The Globe Are Marching For Lions.
CANNED HUNTING is a practice that is legal in South Africa, where lions get bred in captivity, hand reared for use in the cub petting industry, then when these tame lions are big enough, shot in an enclosure often drugged, for an enormous sum of money. - South Africa's lion population is shrinking fast; - These majestic animals draw visitors every year to South Africa and are part of South Africa's identity and culture; - Hunting farms that allow rich tourists to shoot fenced in lions ar...
Sa Snubs Conference
South Africa was notably absent at a conference on illegal wildlife trade held in the UK last week. Last year, more than 1 000 rhino were poached in SA and at least 86 rhino have been lost to poaching this year, according to the latest departmental figures, released at the end of January. The London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade 2014 was hosted by the UK government to reach a high level political commitment to take action to tackle illegal wildlife trade. It was attended by ...
A Global March For Lions Because
An interesting email from www.cannedlion.org CITES, you are failing to protect Africa's wildlife heritage. On 15th March a Global Protest March for Lions will take place in cities around the world. This MEMORANDUM OF PROTEST explains why. This document will be printed out and handed over by marchers in 55 cities.