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'Tradition Is Not An Excuse for Cruelty'
Animals  (tags: bull, south africa, torn to pieces, horrific savage cruelty, barbaric, sadistic, worldwide outrage )

Simone
- 1 day ago - blog.peta.org
In Spain, the bullfight is on its way out. In Britain, it was fox hunting, which is now illegal. In the U.S., we have our own shameful traditions, including slavery, to dwell on. And in South Africa, apartheid may be a thing of the past, but another
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ACTION ALERT: Ban Gin Traps!!! Leopard Suffocated By Bike Break Cable!!!
Animals  (tags: south africa, gin traps, wildlife, horrific suffering, male leopard, trapped, suffocated, conservation, protection )

Simone
- 89 days ago - compassionateanimal.tv
A large male leopard was killed on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth on Thursday 16th July 2009. It was caught around the neck in a cable snare and died of suffocation. The snare was made from a bicycle break cable.
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ACTION ALERT: STOP KILLING HOMELESS PETS in CAPE TOWN!
Animals  (tags: homeless pets, animal shelters, no kill policies, cape town, south africa, homeless animals )

Simone
- 144 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Kansas City, USA, recently launched a program to save the lives of unclaimed pets held in animal welfare shelters. Could Cape Town be the leader in setting a similar example to other cities and towns in South Africa?
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ACTION ALERT: Stop South African's Elephants Killing!!!
Animals  (tags: south africa, ivory trade, authorities, elephants, slaughtered, conservation, protection )

Simone
- 152 days ago - newhopeunitedelephants.blogspot.com
Please join the worldwide plea to South African authorities: to remove culling as a "tool" in the National Norms and Standards for Elephant Management (NNSEM). Slaughter ought to be banned outright -- not used to control elephant populations on private,
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WATCH: Man Swims With the Lions ~ Video
Animals  (tags: south africa, wildllife, wild animals, big cats, lions, swimming with lions, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 238 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Zoologist Kevin Richardson shares a special bond with his furry friends.
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All Against Hell's Kennels- Please Sign PETITION
Animals  (tags: south africa, puppy mill, owner animal cruelty, convictions, puppies suffering, mistreated, neglected, animal protection, hells kennels )

Simone
- 249 days ago - gopetition.com
Jan van Aardt, a puppy breeder has been running disgusting puppy mills for the past 9-10 years.. An organisation called Wet Nose Animal Rescue has stepped in an conviscated 94 dogs so far.. Many of them having
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The Big Question: Is It Right to Sell Ivory, or Does It Just Encourage the Poaching of Elephants?
Animals  (tags: south africa, ivory auction, poaching, elephants massacred, wildlife, disappearing, cruelty, trade )

Simone
- 375 days ago - independent.co.uk
Why are we asking this now? Because the first officially sanctioned auction of raw ivory since 1999 kicked off in Namibia yesterday and made $1.2m (£770,000) from a commodity that it is normally illegal to sell. Over the next month, four southern
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Saving Pets in South Africa
Animals  (tags: pets, South Africa, dogs, protection, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment )

Cher
- 542 days ago - ifaw.org
Walking through an impoverished South African township, one of the first things you notice - beyond the startling poverty - is the joy people take in their pets. As a consequence of South Africa's apartheid past, veterinary clinics and animal welfare
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Growing Concerns Over Animal Poaching at SA Park
Animals  (tags: animals, poaching, South Africa, animals, AnimalWelfare, killed, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 545 days ago - afriquenligne.fr
South Africa's world famous Kruger National Park has become a hot spot for the poaching of mammals, according to the Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. The Ministry revealed here that over the last four years, at least 44 white rhinos and 31
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Ban Fireworks in South Africa! Sign Petition!
Animals  (tags: animals, South Africa, ban, fireworks, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 551 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Please help ban fireworks in South Africa once and for all!
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Cleanup for Camels
Animals  (tags: camels, kid, campaign, litter, plastic bags, South Africa, protection, environment, habitat, animals, AnimalWelfare, killing )

Cher
- 552 days ago - channel4.com
A schoolboy has launched a campaign to highlight the plight of camels endangered by rubbish. South African Cameron Oliver, 11, led volunteers in a cleanup of the Abu Dhabi desert, a wilderness increasingly strewn with litter.
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An Elephant Never Forgets
Animals  (tags: tragedy, south africa, culling elephants, killing, wild animals, wortdwide outrage, conservation, protection )

Simone
- 555 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
South Africa, has seen great success with its conservation efforts. The national elephant population has risen from 8,000 to 18,000. However they may have been too successful: some elephants will be deemed "surplus" and killed. Animal rights
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Souvenirs That Endanger SA Wildlife
Animals  (tags: South Africa, wildlife, souvenirs, wildlife trade, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 567 days ago - int.iol.co.za
Elephant hair bracelets, shark tooth earrings and lampshades crafted from porcupine quills are all novel souvenirs increasingly being snapped up by tourists. But the trade in these keepsakes is deadly for South Africa's wildlife.
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Protest Against BBC's Support of Trophy/Canned Hunts
Animals  (tags: horrific cruelty, trophy hunting, wild animals slaughtered, canned hunts, big cats, south africa, promotion, animal welfare )

Simone
- 580 days ago - uk-tv-guide.com
Louis travels to Limpopo Province to stay in a hunting lodge. Hunting in South Africa has become easier than ever before - in fact, it is a blossoming tourist industry. The cost of a trophy animal ranges from as little as $250 for a baboon to as much as
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Guinea Bissau: Eating Sacred Turtles
Animals  (tags: south africa, marine wildlife, green sea turtle, humans, protection, endangered, extinction )

Jacquelin
- 605 days ago - allafrica.com
Of the many species of wild birds and animals that inhabit the 88 Bijago islands spread over more than 10,000sqkm none is more sacred than the turtle. "We Bajagoans see ourselves as the keepers of the turtles," Domingo Alves, the head game warden at Et
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