WAPFSA AND ASSOCIATED ORGANISATIONS URGE SOUTH AFRICA TO DESIST FROM THE WILD COAST SEISMIC ACTIVITIES

WAPFSA members and the undersigned associated organisations, hereby urge the South African government to desist from the current seismic surveys activities, to allow for further urgent scientific research. Further research must also be carried out whereby the negative long-term effects for the South African tourism industry, the livelihoods of South Africans and health of South Africans living in this coastal region can be established. 

WAPFSA MEMBER ORGANISATIONS:

Sairusha Govindsamy, African Climate Alliance,         

Wynter Worsthorne, Founder Animal Talk Africa                                                         

Jenni Trethowan, Founder Baboon Matters                       

Lorraine Holloway, Founder Baboons of the South                                                

Smaragda Louw, Director Ban Animal Trading                                                                    

Toni Brockhoven, Chairperson Beauty Without Cruelty (South Africa)                              

Renee Bish and Pete, Co-Founders Betty’s Bay Baboon Action Group                                    

 Stephen Munro, Director Centre for Animal Rehabilitation and Education                              

Brett Mitchell, Chairperson, Elephant Reintegration Trust                                          

Michele Pickover, Executive Director EMS Foundation                                                                   

 Fiona Miles, Director Four Paws (South Africa)                                                             

 Stefania Falcon, Co-Founder, Future 4 Wildlife                                                            

Jabu Myeni, Environmental Education, Gifted for Good                                                             

Linda Tucker CEO Founder, Global White Lion Protection Trust                                  

Les Mitchell Director, Institute for Critical Animal Studies (Africa)                        

Steve Smit Co-Founder Monkey Helpline                                                            

Kim Da Ribeira Director OSCAP-Outraged SAfrican Citizens Against Poaching      

Vivien Law, Regenerative Farming Parliament for the People                                               

 Megan Carr Founder Rhinos in Africa                                                  

Professor David SAIFAC SA Institute for Advanced Constutitional Law      

Stephen Fritz    Senior Chief   South Peninsula Khoi Council                                         

Lex Abnett  Director  Southern African Fight for Rhinos                                   

Dave Du Toit  Founder,Vervet Monkey Foundation                                             

Guy Jenning, Director WildAid Southern Africa                                     

 Sera Farista Climate Justice, Youth Climate Group                                                     

SUPPORTED BY ASSOCIATED ORGANISATIONS:

Andrea Hoepnner Chair of the Board  Pro Wildlife                                                                   

Vera Weber President/CEO Fondation Franz Weber                          

Erica Lyman Director Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment      

Dr Mark Jones Veterinarian  Born Free Foundation                                                

Ericka Ceballos       CEO  CATCA Environmental and Wildlife Society (CEWS)         

Mark J. Palmer Associate Director International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute

Nalu Machado President, Brazilian Nature Conservation Institute – IBRACON           

Kathia Vasconcellos Monteiro President  Augusto Carneiro Institute                                               

José Truda Palazzo, Jr Co-founder Divers for Sharks                                                            

Eduardo Camargo President  Brazilian Humpback Whale Institute                                 

Dr Yolanda Alaniz  Founder Marine Mammal Conservation of Mexico COMARINO       

Nicholas Fromherz    Director, Senior Attorney – Latin America    Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment       

         
 Birgith Sloth Chairman   Society for the Conservation of Marine Mammals Denmark        Chairman         

Fabian Ritter  President  M.E.E.R. e.V. Germany                                                    

Silvia Frey PhD – Research KYMA sea conservation & research                                  

Zak Smith  Director  Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)                      

Annelise Sorg President, No Whales In Captivity

Giorgio Lombardi Warden, Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve, South Africa        

Peter Hodgskin           Founder, Hands-off Fernkloof, South Africa          

Image Credit: Jean Tresfon – Marine Conservation Photographer

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