South Africa will clamp down on captive lion breeding after a review panel concluded the industry risked the conservation of wild lions and harmed tourism...
Nqobile Dludla 3 May 2021
Born to the first wild lion and lioness to roam the Plains of Camdeboo near Graaff-Reinet in over 180 years, these cubs represent a victory for wild lion conservation...
A new report by global NGO, World Animal Protection, provides a damning indictment on the captive predator breeding industry.
Many animal lovers flock to farms offering the opportunity to interact with a cub or walk with lions; but if you truly love animals, you need to give this disturbing industry a skip, explains Fiona Miles, Four Paws South Africa's country director.
&Beyond, Conservation Travel Foundation by Ultimate Safaris, Singita and Wilderness Safaris, in partnership with the Lion Recovery Fund, have joined forces to launch the Lionscape Coalition initiative...
The world's leading lion scientists argue that captive predator breeding has no conservation value...
Ross Harvey 22 Mar 2019
The Kevin Richardson Foundation has managed to raise more than R2.7m on local rewards-based crowdfunding platform, Thundafund.com, breaking the record for the most money raised for a single campaign on a South African rewards platform...
Africa's wild lion population is estimated to be between 20,000 and 30,000. Researchers have good reason to believe that the real number is closer to 20,000...
Ross Harvey 22 Aug 2018
The world's biggest wildlife trade conference, CITES CoP17, wrapped up in Johannesburg on Tuesday, 4 October, with many significant votes in favour of more stringent conservation...
Members of the public are invited to submit, within 30 days of the publication of the notice in the Government Gazette, written representations on, or objections to, the draft Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP) for lions...
A newly released report analyses literature on the economics of trophy hunting and reveals that African countries and rural communities derive very little benefit from trophy hunting revenue.
Winchester Mansions' managing director, Nils Heckscher, has bought the hotel Qhayiya the lion from the Born Free Foundation's Pride of Cape Town charity auction. The new feline family member's name means "Pride" in Xhosa.