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At least 70 rhinos have been killed in in Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park in the three months from January to March this year Photo: Daniel Born/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images
ANIMAL TRADE

Rhino owners damn Creecy report

Private rhino owners say the environment minister’s proposed policy is in conflict with existing legislation and their legal rights

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
A lion attempts to jump the fence of its enclosure, at a lion breeding farm near Tosca, in the North West Province. (Photo by Naashon Zalk/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
BARBARA CREECY

Wildlife owners may target state

South Africa has about 350 facilities with 8 000 to 12 000 lions bred in captivity for commercial use in cub petting, canned hunting and the lion bone and other body parts trade.

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read