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South Africa plans to end controversial captive lion industry

South Africa plans to end controversial captive lion industry
Nichole Sobecki
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An enclosure housing the 26 lions found to have been afflicted with mange and suffering from neglect during the NSPCA s April 2019 visit at Pienika Farm in Lichtenburg, South Africa, seen here on July 20, 2019. Allegations were made this past April 2019 that the animals in the care of Pienika Farm, a captive-breeding facility in South Africa, were being severely neglected. Pienika Farm is owned by Jan Steinman, who is listed online as a council member of the South African Predator Association (SAPA). The organization favors captive breeding and asserts that hunting is “legitimate and ecologically responsible.” When NSPCA inspectors visited the facility they saw 27 lions afflicted with mange, a skin disease caused by parasitic mites. The NSPCA inspectors reported that the animals were held in filthy, overcrowded enclosures. At least four ....

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South Africa plans to end controversial captive lion industry

South Africa plans to end controversial captive lion industry
The country’s environment department will stop issuing permits to breed, keep, hunt, or interact with captive-bred lions.
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South Africa has taken steps to end its multimillion-dollar lion-breeding industry, which supplies cubs for tourism, lions for trophy hunts, and bones for traditional medicine.
In a statement on May 2, Barbara Creecy, the minster of South Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, acknowledged the “view that the captive lion breeding industry did not contribute to conservation and was doing damage to South Africa’s conservation and tourism reputation.” ....

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