If Barbara Creecy loses her position as the minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment after the elections, commercial wildlife breeders will cheer. But many conservation organisations will deeply regret her departure. She has done far more for wild creatures than ever imagined possibl.
Cabinet has approved a Policy Position submitted by Environment Minister, Barbara Creecy to close lion facilities and end commercial exploitation of lions and ‘canned’ hunts.
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Wildlife owners may target state
9 May 2021
Under threat: A blindfolded white rhino at the ranch of rhino breeder John Hume in North West fights the effects of a tranquiliser before having its horn trimmed. Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images
A class-action lawsuit by private rhino owners could be on the cards after a high-level panel recommended phasing out intensive management and rhino captive breeding operations.
It also recommended that trade in captive rhino horn should not be approved before the Rhino Committee of Inquiry recommendations are met. The committee was tasked several years ago to investigate the feasibility of the rhino horn trade.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 5, 2021 (ENS) – South Africa has announced it will stop the abusive practices of captive breeding and canned hunting of lions. In the future, South Africa will not captive breed lions, keep lions in captivity, or use captive lions or their derivatives commercially. The government also has decided to phase out captive rhino breeding.
These decisions were announced on Sunday by South Africa’s Environment Minister Barbara Creecy as she released the report of a High Level Panel she had convened in 2019 to make recommendations on policies, regulations, and practices related to hunting, trade, captive keeping, management and handling of four iconic mammal species: elephant, lion, leopard and rhinoceros.