SOUTH AFRICA’S PRIMATES THREATENED, AND IN NEED OF PROTECTION

C.A.R.E. PRESENTATION ON WEDNESDAY 20TH MARCH 2024 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE WILDLIFE WELL-BEING FORUM

WAPFSA members Samantha Dewhirst and Stephen Munro from the Centre for Animal Rehabilitation and Education, C.A.R.E, invited the members of the Wildlife Wellbeing Forum to watch their presentation today. The objective of the presentation is to advise the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment and the Provincial Conservation Agencies, that there is a need to comply with the new provision of NEM:BA which now encompasses animal well-being. The presentation was also to encourage the increased protection of primates.

WAPFSA Members Agree and Request the Following from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment:

  1. All indigenous primates must be added to the TOPS list
  2. Complex NDF’s are required for all indigenous primate species
  3. Norms and Standards for all indigenous primate species need to be developed
  4. A moratorium should be put in place until the NDF and N&S process, including transparent stakeholder consultation, is completed.

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