March 2014

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March 2014

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A BIG thank you from LionAid to all of you who marched in London and all over the world on Saturday.

What a day for lions! What a very bad day for the trophy hunters! Hunters relied on complacency and their money and political influence to keep putting lion trophies on their walls. Thanks to all of us, they have now encountered what we can do … and we will get even more influential in the

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The LionAid speech at the Global March for Lions – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

Welcome Lion marchers! We are here because we are saying enough is enough. We cannot stand complacently by any longer to see our global wildlife heritage destroyed by those who see it as a commodity rather than a treasure. We are marching together for lions in over 60 cities all over the world. Never before

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A message of support for the Global March for Lions from Lennox Lewis

We are delighted to receive the following message about canned lion hunting from Lennox Lewis (nicknamed “The Lion”), the former world heavy weight boxing champion: “LionAid -I think this practice is despicable. this is not hunting and those who pay for the opportunity to kill these majestic animals are cowards!” Thank you Lennox! Your support

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Simon King’s message for the Global March for Lions.

Many of you will remember the “Big Cat Diaries” – filmed in the Masai Mara of Kenya. Simon has actually produced more than 80 natural history films as principal cameraman, director, producer and many more as presenter. Simon is also President of the Wildlife Trusts and the Avon Wildlife Trust, and Patron of Somerset Wildlife

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The Tanzanian Association of Tour Operators comes out against trophy hunting

It’s a tussle In recent newspaper reports, the Chairman of the Tanzanian Association of Tour Operators (TATO) said that the negative impacts of trophy hunting outweigh its return, demanding the business be banned as concrete step to combat poaching. TATO Chairman Willy Chambulo argued that it defeats common sense to continue carrying on trophy hunting

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Roger Cook and the “Cook Report”

On the 6th May 1997, the award-winning “Cook Report” broadcast on British Television a programme called “Making a Killing”. For the first time, it brought the hideous canned lion hunting industry in South Africa to the world’s attention with Roger Cook posing as a tourist hunter, to be taken on a hunt for lions and

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