VANTARA

CONCERNS IN RELATION TO EXPORTS OF WILD ANIMALS TO INDIA

The Wildlife Animal Protection Forum of South Africa (WAPFSA) is a national network of thirty South African organizations established in 2017. WAPFSA is explicitly designed as a vehicle to engage with governments on the issue of the conservation and protection of wild animals and the natural environment in which they live. 

WAPFSA places the issues related to the conservation and protection of wild animals and the natural environment firmly onto the political agenda, our arguments are based on robust science, ethical and compassionate conservation practices and harmonious co-existence within nature. 

READ WAPFSA LETTER TO MINISTER GEORGE:

The attached document highlights the concerning high number of leopard, cheetah, tigers and lions exported to GZZRC from South Africa. 

Furthermore, we are of the opinion that a significant number of captive-bred specimens in facilities in South Africa could have been and are being traded for commercial purposes.

READ THE WAPFSA VANTARA DOCUMENT:

READ THE LETTER FROM SHS Chambers Lawyers for the GZRRC

READ THE LETTER FROM Cullinan’s and Associates Lawyers for WAPFSA

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