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South Africa: Minister Barbara Creecy Appoints Ministerial Task Team to Identify and Recommend Voluntary Exit Options and Pathways from the Captive Lion Industry

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December 13th 2022
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Ministerial Task Team to identify and recommend voluntary exit options and pathways from the captive lion industry to conclude work by June 2023

A Ministerial Task Team has been appointed by Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister, Ms Barbara Creecy, to identify voluntary exit options and pathways for lion breeders from the captive lion industry.


The appointment of this advisory panel in terms of Section 3a of NEMA, follows a High Level Panel which made a number of recommendations to the Minister on matters relating to the management, breeding, hunting, trade and handling of elephant, lion, leopard and rhinoceros.

The eight-member Task Team is expected to complete its work by 30 June 2023, but may be requested by the Minister to continue with key aspects of the work to facilitate implementation of the exit strategy and other outcomes related to its work.

The Team is chaired by Mr Kamalasen Chetty. The other members of the Team are Mr Obied Katumba, Dr Louise de Waal, Ms Carla van der Vyfer, Ms Priscilla Stiglingh, Dr Peter Caldwell, Adv Justice Mnisi and Dr Kelly Marnewick.

The Task Team is required to undertake a process of engagement with all stakeholders in the captive lion industry, the relevant issuing authorities and vulnerable workers. It is also required to plan and oversee an audit of existing captive and captive-bred facilities to confirm the number of lions, their age and sex, number of stockpiles of lion parts and derivatives, the practices and used within that facility, the number, level of employment and skills of workers and potential other land use options within the biodiversity economy.

Additional focus areas include:

To develop and oversee the initial implementation of a voluntary exit strategy and pathways from the captive lion industry for stakeholders who wish to pursue this option. This exit strategy should consider all possible options, and prevailing issued within the captive lion industry.
To identify, mobilise and endorse potential funding mechanisms, sources and procedures to support the voluntary exit strategy and pathways.
To provide advice to the Minister or Department on any other matters related to the captive lion industry on request by either.
The appointment of the Task Team was published in Government Gazette 47666 (Notice No. 2846) on 7 December 2022.
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Incredible!

They have finally bent over to the pressure of the anti animals.

Those are not anti hunting, they are anti LIONS!

Has it ever occurred to them that we would have no beef burgers if beef was not farmed??

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Originally posted by Saeed:
Incredible!

They have finally bent over to the pressure of the anti animals.

Those are not anti hunting, they are

Has it ever occurred to them that we would have no beef burgers if beef was not farmed??

Saeed the same people pushing this are pushing plant based meat, that’s what happens when you open up the insane asylums

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Originally posted by Spooksar:
Saeed the same people pushing this are pushing plant based meat, that’s what happens when you open up the insane asylums

Plant based meat, where is the "plant base" going to come from when the farmland is all covered up with windmills and solar panels so the lefties can drive EV's.

C'mon, guys... I think we're already beyond "plant based" meat as I've heard several of these idiots mention that EATING BUGS is a great idea.

Brave new world.

Personally, I think the sooner the captive lion breeders find something else to do the better. It it the least defendable aspect of trophy hunting. It just gives heavy ammunition to the antis.
However, if you start with the lions where does it end? Will the deer I keep behind a fence so I have something to look at and the grandkids can learn to hunt have to go? I expect many of us own fenced game and could be affected in the long term.

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Originally posted by the Pom:
Personally, I think the sooner the captive lion breeders find something else to do the better. It it the least defendable aspect of trophy hunting. It just gives heavy ammunition to the antis.
However, if you start with the lions where does it end? Will the deer I keep behind a fence so I have something to look at and the grandkids can learn to hunt have to go? I expect many of us own fenced game and could be affected in the long term.

Practically all animals shot in South Africa are farm bred!

Stop these too??

Why are lions different??