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Cruelty Beyond Measure

Cruelty Beyond Measure

by | Jun 5, 2021 | Awareness

A recent (22 January 2020) Carte Blanche episode, labelled “not for sensitive viewers”, shared heart-rending stories and showed shocking visuals of recent cases of captive lion poaching for their teeth and claws. Here’s hoping that change can happen with increased...
Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

by | Mar 3, 2021 | Awareness

The latest development on the local animal welfare landscape, for which there has been very little media coverage, has been the reclassification of 33 species of wildlife as farm animals. The development took place in May this year, when the South African government...
Middle East “Death Ship” Faces Flack

Middle East “Death Ship” Faces Flack

by | Jan 19, 2021 | Awareness

The National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) took to social media in early October to expose the live export of tens of thousands of sheep to Kuwait, from a local harbour, for slaughter over Eid. The conditions on board included...
Another decrease reported in the Rhino population

Another decrease reported in the Rhino population

by | Oct 19, 2020 | Life Saving

The Rhino population in South Africa remains at risk with numbers in the Kruger National Park being on the decrease, having dropped from 2 809 rhinos at the end of 2020 to 2 458 rhinos at present. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)...