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Don’t allow your silence to give consent.

Don’t allow your silence to give consent.

Wildlife Rights, a group of concerned citizens, call on like-minded persons to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves, especially with regards to the proposed Lamloch safari park in the Kleinmond area.

Owner of the proposed development, Craig Saunders gained notoriety in the late 1990s when he was implicated in the much-publicised Tuli Elephant abuse saga. Charges were brought against seven people after wildlife dealer Riccardo Ghiazza removed 30 young elephants from their herd and transported them to African Game Services, owned by Ghiazza.  

The cruelest of culls

The cruelest of culls

And so the slaughter of elephants begins. Six adult members of a herd were gunned down in Mpumalanga last weekend and their eight babies were kidnapped for sale to exhibition parks.

At a time when conservation authorities are under pressure to cull elephants, and when there is a growing demand for domesticated and trained youngsters, the incident has set off alarms at animal welfare organisations around the country.

Court finds Tuli elephant owner guilty

Court finds Tuli elephant owner guilty

African Game Services owner Riccardo Ghiazza and a student animal handler were found guilty in the Pretoria Regional Court on Monday of ill-treating a group of 30 elephants brought to a farm near Brits from Tuli in Botswana in 1998.

Ghiazza and his company were found guilty of being party to the ill-treatment which was first exposed when footage of the animals being beaten by handlers was broadcast by pay television station M-Net in its actuality show Carte Blanche.

More wild animals condemned to imprisonment

More wild animals condemned to imprisonment

The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) has grave concerns regarding the proposed establishment of the Lamloch Safari Park, due to open in the Kleinmond area by Mr Craig Saunders. By the name alone, it gives the impression of the true South African Bush setting, but in reality, it is a zoo that is designed for wild animal interactions and a life in captivity.