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The Indian government has ordered the temporary closure of all tiger reserves to tourism, after a spate of Covid-19 outbreaks in zoos around the country.
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Two government approaches to our relationship with wild animals, two opposing views. One could chart the path to South Africa’s global leadership in wildlife conservation, the other to increased commodification.
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Exciting times. On Sunday May 2nd the South African Government announced a major U-turn regarding its policy on canned lion hunting and lion farming. There will now be a process of legal challenges to this policy change which can be expected to run for years rather than months before the new policy becomes law. Sadly, based on past precedents these challenges may prevent the new policy ever becoming law. Lions, Bones & Bullets will be released to a global audience while this process is ongoing, and the film will play a major role in helping to turn the policy announcement into a statute. Our World Festival Premiere on June 21st is fast approaching, and both these events are spurring us to work ever harder on the impact campaign and distribution plan which will carry the film forward for the coming months and years.
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A class-action lawsuit by private rhino owners could be on the cards after a high-level panel recommended phasing out intensive management and rhino captive breeding operations. It also recommended that trade in captive rhino horn should not be approved before the Rhino Committee of Inquiry recommendations are met. The committee was tasked several years ago to investigate the feasibility of the rhino horn trade.
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