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Saving Our Big Cats: Ethical SA sanctuary hard hit by Covid-19
Covid-19 has impacted care for animals, including a sanctuary for big cats saved from SA s notorious captive lion breeding industry.
Humane Society International has supported an ethical big cat sanctuary in the Western Cape that cares for 26 big cats and other wild animals, including lions rescued from South Africa’s notorious captive lion breeding industry, as part of its global COVID-19 relief programme.
Panthera Africa, which counts itself as one of only six ethical big cat sanctuaries in South Africa, had derived much of its funding from paying, international volunteers and tourists, but this was abruptly stopped by COVID-imposed travel restrictions in 2020. The sanctuary’s volunteer and tourist activities were only able to resume recently and currently run at 28% capacity.