Up-coming eventsJUNE 2014
30th May to 1st June. CACH Johannesburg - Linda Park and her team - will be hosting the CACH stall at The Outdoor Expo near Kyalami, Johannesburg. Successful Outdoor Expo, read more from Linda on the CACHJoburg page... 31st May CACH Spain - CJ & Luis - Will be attending an open house at GREFA wearing their Sheila T-shirts and a back pack of flyers. After the open house, they will stay on and meet with El Presidente and El Secretaria General of GREFA, to discuss scheduling dates and times for showing our new video at the hospital´s auditorium. Successful day please read more from CJ on the CACHSpain page... 2nd June THE EU is to revise its rules on the import of hunting ‘trophies’ from Africa after Green MEPs Jean Lambert (London) and Keith Taylor (South East England) wrote to the European Commission earlier this year to highlight the growing practise of ‘canned hunting’ – in which lions are kept in captivity for tourists to shoot. Read more on the CACHUK page... 8th June CACH Spain attended a fund raising event hosted by FAPAM Successful evening please read more from CJ on the CACHSpain page... 8th June. CACH Italy - Andrea and Roberta - our new Italian representatives, will be at the First Italian Workshop on Endangered Species and will speak about Canned Hunting and why it's a threat to wild Lions. We consider it a great beginning. They will be at same table with names like Sea Shepherd Italy, Save the Cheetah and Animal Asia. Successful three days please read more from Andrea and Roberta on the CACHItaly page... 8th June Motion in Italian Parliament. Successful event please read more from Andrea and Roberta on the CACHItaly page... 15th - 21st June CACH France - Julie Lasne - our new French representative, will be at the Cannes Lions Festival. Please read Julie's report on the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on the CACHFrance page... 24th June Presentation at York High School, George. We have been invited to talk about canned hunting to the school children. Please read our report on the presentation given at York High School on the CACHBev page... 28th June CACH Spain will be at the Madrid Zoo. They wanted to set up a table with information at the lion enclosure. But it seems that the zoo personnel figured out who we were and felt intimidated by the message they would be sending. So, undaunted, CJ & Luis will set up an "information stand" for the public at the entrance, which is municipal land. They intend to have placards and posters, etc., visible to all and ready to talk. Please read the report on a morning at Madrid Zoo by CJ & Luis on the CACHSpain page.. 28th & 29th June Malena Persson - Scotland Roars: We will have an information and awareness stall in support of CACH at the Hopetoun Horse Trials - an event that attracts thousands of visitors each year. We will be next to the stall Scotland for Elephants. Look forward to seeing you there. http://hopetounhorsetrials.co.uk/visitors/ Wow! Read Malena's report and see all the terrific pictures on her day at the Horse Trials on our new CACHScotland page.. 1st July Very exciting new website www.knuffelfarms.nl by Dutch NGO SPOTS. Translation is easy into English, just right click on any page. 3th August Linda has been invited to give a talk on canned hunting and the plight of our wild lions at an Esoteric Day. Please see the invitation here... Anyone living in Johannesburg please go along to support Linda and have a great time. 24th August CACH Jozi will be at the 4th Annual Parkhurst Heritage Car and Bike Day, presented by CRAFT and the Vintage and Veteran Club. We will have an information stand and will also be selling CACH shirts. Come along and enviously gaze upon some of the gorgeous old cars and bikes on display, and come say hello to us – you know we love to chat! 4th Avenue, Parkhurst on Sunday 4th October World Animal Day. This is the big one. We are hoping that all animal lovers will join together and march to celebrate all animal life on earth. Dogs, cats, wildlife, marine animals. Hoping for ten thousand marchers at both Cape Town and Johannesburg for this event. Breaking NewsCACH Jozi wins Gold Award at Outdoor Expo. Hats off to the CACH team who put on such a great show. Read more on the CACHJoburg page...
CACH Spain tackles cup petting in Terra Mitica. Read more on this on going story...
Jason Woods MP's speech to the Australian Parliament:
A turning point for lions, please read further on the CACH Australia page... Global March for Lions was a roaring success.
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What will you do for our lions on World Animal Day?
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What we do
Formed by Chris Mercer and Bev Pervan for reasons related in their book Kalahari Dream, www.kalahari-dream.com CACH is an animal advocacy organisation.
What is animal advocacy? Essentially, it comprises raising awareness, using all media to expose the evils and the cruelty.
Canned hunting only exists because of a failure of government policy, and then it is ferociously defended by wealthy vested interests. Canned hunting can only be abolished by a sustained campaign to raise awareness, and to change policy. Then, an informed public must persuade US and EU governments to ban the import of lion/predator trophies.
Only that way can the supply of dollars be cut off, and the industry closed down.
All sources of income need to be challenged, especially cub petting, whereby lion farmers are able to externalise the costs of rearing their living targets.
Also the extortionate fees charged to volunteers, who pay to work at lion farms in the naïve belief that they are assisting conservation.
What is animal advocacy? Essentially, it comprises raising awareness, using all media to expose the evils and the cruelty.
Canned hunting only exists because of a failure of government policy, and then it is ferociously defended by wealthy vested interests. Canned hunting can only be abolished by a sustained campaign to raise awareness, and to change policy. Then, an informed public must persuade US and EU governments to ban the import of lion/predator trophies.
Only that way can the supply of dollars be cut off, and the industry closed down.
All sources of income need to be challenged, especially cub petting, whereby lion farmers are able to externalise the costs of rearing their living targets.
Also the extortionate fees charged to volunteers, who pay to work at lion farms in the naïve belief that they are assisting conservation.
