Ban on lion hunting and captive breeding â What is all the fuss about?
By Staff Reporter
By Dominic Naidoo
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs Barbara Creecy announced on Sunday that Parliament will be looking at a ban on captive lion breeding for petting and hunting purposes.
This comes after a recent study on the practice revealed the inhumane and cruel conditions faced by these icons of Africa.
Researchers from the study recommended that the practice be banned outright, and a more authentic experience offered to tourists.
This is not the only item on the agenda under this topic. Parliament will also be looking at ceasing the hunting of damage-causing animals (animals that take livestock or destroy crops) for profit, stop "green" hunting of animals (no-kill tranquillising of animals using darts) and preventing game ranches from supplying hunters with game that does not traditionally occur in the area.