PAARL, South Africa — Freya, a 6-month-old lion cub rescued from the wildlife trade in Lebanon, poked a curious nose out of her transport crate and sniffed the air.

A groundbreaking new study from World Animal Protection reveals that the vast majority of community members living near Kruger National Park in South Africa support humane, wildlife-friendly conservat ...

Although the commercial captive breeding and canned hunting of lions remains legal, though poorly regulated in South Africa, the export of lion skeletons - including claws and teeth – was ...

Paarl, South Africa — Freya, a 6-month-old lion cub rescued from the wildlife trade in Lebanon, poked a curious nose out of her transport crate and sniffed the air.

We are building a regulatory foundation that prioritises animal wellbeing, biodiversity protection, and practical enforcement ...

PAARL, South Africa — Freya, a 6-month-old lion cub rescued from the wildlife trade in Lebanon, poked a curious nose out of her transport crate and sniffed the air.

A helicopter and special hunting dogs have been brought in to help police officers and employees of a Winburg game farm track down a lion that escaped from its enclosure last week.

Many of South Africa’s captive lion facilities are open to the public who pay to see and have direct contact with the big cats. However, others are situated in remote locations and operate ...

The NSPCA celebrates a pivotal reform in SA’s wildlife policy as minister announces a prohibition on new captive lion ...

Among the benefits of being a dominant male lion is that you can let others in the pride do the hunting. The accompanying footage, captured in South Africa’s MalaMala Game Reserve, shows a lion ...

For conservationists opposing the captive lion industry, this decision marks a major victory in efforts to safeguard Africa’s most iconic predators. The post South Africa to ban captive lion breeding ...