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CACH wins gold in London

11/4/2015

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The UK & EU team

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David Nash - Team Leader
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Sarah Dyer
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Malena Persson
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Julie Lasne
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Faye Peeters
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Andrea Meggiorin & Roberta Olivieri
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CACH is proud to announce that it was awarded the Gold Certificate for winner of the Best Animal Welfare Initiative by World Responsible Tourism at World Travel week in London.

http://wildernessandwanderlust.com/2015/11/16/gold-lions-cach-at-the-responsible-tourism-awards-2015/

Responsible Tourism - the best way to conserve African wildlife

We at CACH realised many years ago that we were wasting our time trying to get South African conservation structures to preserve wildlife.  We knew that by suffocating conservation under a murderous policy called 'sustainable use' the hunting fraternity has successfully hijacked conservation. Google 'regulatory capture' and you'll be shocked to see how routine it is for Big Business to invade and occupy its own regulatory structures to ensure that they become impotent.  See for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
So what to do when SA conservation services have been perverted in to an arm of the hunting industry, and our conservation funds in to a subsidy for Big Hunting.
We decided to focus on cutting off the source of money flows that sustain this ghastly form of environmental terrorism.  That meant engaging seriously and meaningfully with the global tourism industry.  Educate tour operators on the link between cub petting and canned hunting, and they'll dissuade their tourists from indulging in this profitable spin-off for lion farmers.
We've been working at this for years, and the ban by most airlines on carriage of hunting trophies is one success story.  Our sustained efforts have been recognised by World Travel, and CACH was shortlisted for the prestigious award of Best International Animal Welfare Initiative.
The first week of November is World Travel week in London, and the award ceremony, a glittering celebrity-laden showpiece, took place in London on Wednesday 4th November 2015.  
In addition, we were invited to participate in the Wildlife and National Parks panel by World Responsible Travel organisation, in London on 3rd November. 
CACH UK leader and retired lawyer David Nash represented us on that panel, and the two memes above are drawn from his presentation.

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S.A. Minister of Tourism with Linda Park (Director of CACH)
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9 Comments
Jessica Lohmann link
11/4/2015 06:13:37 am

This is wonderful news! You certainly deserve this award and a special warm thank you goes out to World Responsible Tourism for providing this recognition. Keep up the good work!

CACH - we salute you! ROAR!!!

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Andrea Meggiorin
11/4/2015 07:57:03 am

I am so happy for You. A great achievement for so many years of hard work. Long live our Lions !!!

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Emanuela Tuvo Postiglioni link
11/4/2015 08:54:26 am

I'm so proud of this news,congratulations for your great work,we love the lions,too!

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Janice link
11/4/2015 09:28:23 pm

That's brilliant news - well done CACH! And well deserved!

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christine Sponchia
11/4/2015 11:57:32 pm

LOLOLOLO.. I am so happy! Congrats to the whole team!!!!!! :-)

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Roberta Olivieri
11/5/2015 01:05:34 am

Wonderful news. Thank you Bev and Chris for your tireless dedication.

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stephanie blair
11/6/2015 07:52:07 am

Wonderful work CACH!!! Well done
Bev, Chris and Linda - thank you!

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Wendy King
11/8/2015 12:20:23 pm

Fantastic achievement! So pleased the World Responsible Tourism is behind this issue! Animal's are not here to use & abuse any way Humankind wish! Congratulations to all involved!! Brilliant!!

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moji kitsi
11/11/2015 10:03:46 pm

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