March 2015

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March 2015

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Sustainable use or sustained abuse?

No worries – there will be plenty left for future generations Like you, I am puzzled by what “sustainable use” means, though sustainable utilisation of natural resources remains the central pillar for wildlife conservation put forward by organizations like WWF, IUCN, CITES, UNEP, FAO, etc. Let’s have a look at some of the most prevalent […]

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Report – Lionaid Participation in the “Canned” Lion Hunting Debate at the EU Parliament

On 17th and 18th March, LionAid travelled to Brussels to meet with EU Parliamentarians and the EU Commission Directorate General for Environment to discuss a diversity of options to prevent “canned” lion hunting trophies from South Africa from entering the EU in the future. The basic message from the EU is that achieving such a

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An EU Seminar to highlight the canned hunting of lions.

We were very pleased to be invited to participate in an event held in the European Parliament in Brussels last week, organised by the Finnish MEP, Sirpa Pietkainen and the UK MEP Catherine Bearder. This event was primarily designed to raise awareness of the canned hunting of lions in South Africa.Taking part were 4 charities:

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