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Campaign Against Canned Hunting (CACH)

Carte Blanche expose on canned lions

6/27/2016

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Carte Blanche ran a strong expose last night on the sordid industry that is captive lion breeding and canned hunting. There are some facts that need to be laid out on the table:-

1. The hunt that was shown was a nine day one in which ten lions were slain. This was organised by Bob Vitro (True Life Taxidermy) who is a New York based agent.

2. Eight CAPTIVE BRED lionesses were released onto the farm “Wilzenau” which is owned by De Klerk Safaris. “Wilzenau” is situated in North West Province – a province that is commonly known as the Wild West due to the widespread corruption in conservation there. These 8 lionesses were all hunted over a period of four days.

3. Two CAPTIVE BRED male lions were released on the fourth day of the hunt and slain on days five and nine. This is totally illegal in terms of the province’s legislation governing release periods for captive bred hunts.

4. Stormberg Elangeni Safaris, a South African hunting outfitter, arranged for five professional hunters (PHs) to attend the slaughter. These PHs – James Quin, Harry Sparks, John Sparks,Paul Inman and David Birch – all knew that they were “hunting” captive bred lions.

5. Further adding to the unethical, immoral and illegal scenario, the American hunters were led to believe that they were hunting wild lion who roamed free in their own territory which they knew very well and thus were able to defend themselves and evade the hunters.

6. The truth? All the lions were CAPTIVE BRED and habituated to humans. They were drugged, completely confused and terrified. They climbed trees, hid in warthog burrows and under thick bush – trying whatever they could to hide from the bullets. Their terror is unimaginable. They were shot down where they hid. They stood absolutely no chance of escape.

Campaign Against Canned Hunting (CACH) calls upon:-

1. The Professional Hunters Association of South Africa (PHASA) to ban these so-called professional hunters.

2. The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to thoroughly and openly investigate the hunters, outfitter and game farm owners for illegal hunting of lion.
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This entire industry brings shame to South Africa and the rest of the world cannot understand how it has been allowed to proliferate and continue.
Here is the Carte Blanche link:
http://carteblanche.dstv.com/player/1067054/

CHRIS MERCER & LINDA PARK : DIRECTORS

60 Comments
Amanda Newman
6/27/2016 08:35:20 am

How absolutely barbaric you people are - all for money and greed! I am completely ashamed of being of the same species as you!!! :(

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Amanda Newman
6/27/2016 08:42:18 am

Sorry - How absolutely barbaric these people are - all for money and greed! I am completely ashamed of being of the same species as them!!! :(

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Mike Allen
6/28/2016 07:36:53 pm

Weak and insipid individuals who deserve to reverse the role play and understand what life is really about, then ask them if there is better way to spend there money

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Maryann Gibson
8/24/2016 05:25:38 pm

Just like human trafficking ,anyone that can do this for money and riches is truly doing the Devils work.

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Susan Teeters
6/27/2016 09:33:53 am

How can anybody call this Hunting ! Poor Lions they were around humans their entire life a nice cozy life, then drugged thrown to the wolf's, everything was new to them then the humans trying to kill them poor things the terror. How could anybody aim a gun at the Lions when you can see the terror in their eyes. This is so disgusting and the people who participate in thesewhat are they called Hunts should be locked up for a very long time.

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monic rijkhoff
8/27/2016 11:56:55 pm

I think names of the so called hunters should be exposed but what we need most is an appendix ONE status from CITES to protect the lions- in the wild they are going on extinction! it is unlikely the SA Government will do anything about canned hunting. We however cannot just let this continue without doing anything. this is NOT a hunt- these are totally tame lions who have not got a shred of a chance -is it very cruel to kill these lions like that. Currently there are lions starving at some of the canned hunting farms- even worse. Appendix one would shut down trophy hunting...and is thus something very unlikely to happen.

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SHARON GRAHAM-DOUGHTY
6/27/2016 09:46:16 am

This is so disgusting. You are nothing but murderous, blood thirsty, low life, pieces of shit. Don't worry, you will definately answer to a higher power. Don't ever call yourself a hunter, You are anything but that. And to be honest, it would please me to no end, if all these animals had all of you, locked in a fenced field, and hunted you!!!

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Dianne Singer
6/27/2016 11:32:15 am

Why don't the hunters hunt each other? Surely that would be more exciting than hunting a captive-bred, drugged animal. Oh, right, the hunters are stinking cowards.

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Reena
6/27/2016 12:34:59 pm

I pray that karma catch up with these selfish cruel murderers

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Bruce Serdahl link
6/27/2016 01:09:19 pm

To me: you So Called Hunters should be sliced and diced then strung up by your balls (missing) close to the ground,then the ANIMALS your hunting have a chance to help themselves! ; Out of the killing that you mean to impose on them. Being a hunter you are supposed to respect the animal and to give them a chance to live. By drugging an animal and hunting them in territory that they have no knowledge of.You might as well have tied them down with chains,in the cage they Came out of and killed them . Your nothing but LOW LIFE SCUM,PIECES OF SHIT,YOU SHOULD DO HUMANITY A FAVOR ,TAKE A GRENADE ,SHOVE IT UP YOUR OWN FUCKING ASS AND PULL THE PIN. WHO'S EVER LEFT CAN SHOVEL UP LEFTOVERS AND FEED THE ANIMALS A MEAL THAT EVEN THE MAGGOTS WOULDN'T EVEN TOUCH.

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Bev King
6/28/2016 10:15:58 pm

I so agree with you Bruce. These are barbaric and sadistic murderers. It makes me sick to my stomach that I breathe the same air as them. To crown it all, they have the AUDACITY to have their photos taken with their murdered victim. SHAME ON YOU COWARDS. As for those who made these murders possible you DISGUST me, and should also be strung up and fed to those beautiful lions who, by the way, did you no wrong. DISGUSTING LOW LIFES.

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Cass Lüdtke
6/27/2016 01:43:09 pm

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Mitchell
6/27/2016 01:59:33 pm

What can we do to these assholes to stop them from doing this

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Cris A Digamo link
6/29/2016 02:17:26 am

Organized to hunt a lion hunters and shoot them only in the head.

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Jane
8/26/2016 09:53:43 pm

One warning shot to the head-that should work.

Karin Pearson
6/27/2016 02:43:35 pm

DISGUESTING! Bored super rich people KILLING our wildlife and proud of it. And countries in Africa support this slaughter all for the money

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Tammy
6/27/2016 02:48:29 pm

Totally sick and messed up

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Sibby
6/27/2016 05:57:28 pm

There is nothing as shallow as a man killing animals to make himself feel masculine.

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Kyle
6/27/2016 09:39:16 pm

All it takes is some info, Let's load our rifles get the location & hunt them! We have to speak for the silent majority we have to take action for them! I never believed in violence but sometimes its the only choice! Evil acts to abolish eviler acts for the greater good in my eyes is acceptable. I don't want my kids growing in a world where animals are items that can be disposed of but I fear by the time I do have kids there won't be any majestic animals for them to read about, to admire:((

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Gras brigitte
6/27/2016 11:08:32 pm

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Marcy Henle
6/28/2016 12:15:41 am

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angie hristova
6/28/2016 12:21:21 am

The monsters who participate in this barbaric practice are weak and cowards. I think they deserve to be the one's hunted and preyed on. You are what makes the human race despicable.

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Sylvia Longhurst
6/28/2016 01:46:53 am

Dont do to others, That you don't want done to you, you know the saying, think we need new hunters in their pack, put Bob Vitro out there and release the hounds, leave protective clothing off, when he recovers in hospital he'll have time to reflect on his actions,

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Moira Simpson
6/28/2016 01:53:49 am

"They were shot down where they hid". This is unimaginable cruelty. It just makes me feel sick, what has gone wrong with humankind? Thank God for Carte Blanche and all the other TV, newspaper and radio journalists who continue to expose abuse and corruption.

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Lea Jaunakais
6/28/2016 02:47:56 am

This is so terrible. This should not be allowed to continue. Something must be done to stop this. How devastating.

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Therese
6/28/2016 03:24:25 am

Such sorrow

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Sarah Shergold
6/28/2016 06:05:40 am

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F. Pretorius
6/28/2016 07:49:58 am

we should all stand together to have the laws changed so that this kind of slaughter can not take place. Where is the SPCA? No animals should be hunted under no circumstances. Just because someone can afford a rifle should not entitle them to kill anything at all!!! Disgusting low life psychopaths
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Tina l Haskell- desmond
6/28/2016 10:06:44 am

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Maria Palacios link
6/28/2016 11:53:38 am

¡Viejos hijos de sus chingadas madres! ¡Bolas de sinvergüenzas!
You so called hunters deserve the same treatment. God has a plan for you. Rot in hell motherfuckers!!

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Ivana Ferrara
6/28/2016 12:00:11 pm

I can't believe this actually happens! Why does anyone have the need to kill these innocent beautiful creatures? I feel so deeply disappointed by humans :'( Let's save them all!!!

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Luwinile Lewis
6/28/2016 12:38:02 pm

Disappointing how the human being do things in this country

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Mia van de Loo link
6/28/2016 03:35:47 pm

Stop die jacht op al die mooie dieren,Vernietig deze schoonheden van onze aarde niet sta het niet toe voor een stel onbenullen die denken dat ze God zijn omdat ze geld hebben,elk dier houd het evenwicht van al het bestaan in stand ook voor ons mensen.

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Anders
6/28/2016 03:50:17 pm

Utter scumbags.

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shirley wilkerson
6/28/2016 11:30:51 pm

Call yourselves hunters...do you??!! Murderers & cowards is the real definition of a subhuman POS who would hunt a drugged & disabled lion that has absolutely no means to escape & has lost it's natural ability to fight back to honorably defend itself!!! Why didn't you just put them inside a cage THEN shoot them??!!
You enjoyed seeing these poor lions suffer in extreme stress & fearing for their lives!! You savages do not deserve to share this planet with these majestic beings!!

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Anita
6/29/2016 12:39:53 am

Excuse me while I go throw up my dinner, seriously just makes me sick that today on our planet full of other more important things to do and ways to help one another that this is happening.....I have been to Africa I have seen and felt the beauty of the scape and the power of its presence, obviously to me though....it will take an Invictus attitude and a Nelson Mandela mind to menacle a solution to stop all of this mindless killing and create balance between human and animal......not likely to happen, though it is us who inhabited their world. 😞

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Lizaan Panagos
6/29/2016 01:43:42 am

These people have no heart's. You cannot be proud of this. We should put you in these enclosures and see how you feel. From someone that worked at one of these breeding projects and have an adopted lion it is wrong and I realize it more every day working in the bush now. These animals are not meant for petting and to be cuddled. I was promised by the owner that I will be told where she was going after he wanted to sell some of these lions. When I asked he refused and said it has nothing to do with me. This after I paid monthly for her and cared for her. She changed my life and I believe and pray that she is ok but I guess that is naive. These breeding projects should be able to tell the guests where they go to be "released". You keep it a secret because you are lying to yourself and the volunteers that pay you thousands of rands to have this amazing experience but in actual fact they are helping you to kill these amazing animals. Wake up people.

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Gail Gradidge
6/29/2016 03:32:43 am

Disgusting !!!! You people need to stop !!! Why do you have to do this barbaric act !! How would you like someone to shoot your family !!! Stop killing these beautiful creatures !!!!

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Lydia Mellet
6/29/2016 04:08:33 am

These people that are so proud of themselves for being "hunters" are nothing more than barbarians. They do not practice any skill! They prey on captured & cornered animals. Or animals recently released for the hunt. These animals have no chance of survival and THAT, you POS, does not make you a hero. I wish hard times will befall you and that you suffer on this earth until the day you die.

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Debbie Clark
6/29/2016 04:26:17 am

What astounds me is how the hell are these trophies leaving SA.? By SAA as they have not lifted the ban on their flights! So people apart from the loss of these poor animals BOYCOTT SAA! PLEASE!

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Kiki Kefala
6/29/2016 01:52:44 pm

We should do the same with them !!! 😃 First release Bob Vitro then De Klerk and then all the rest SCUMBAGS and hunt them till they DIE !!!😃 Really !!! Start with this Bob Vitro !!! In NY 😠 I am sure that after a few broken bones he will reconsider about all these😉 He will say sorry..

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Johnny U
6/29/2016 06:51:47 pm

That ass hole should be turn loose hunted down and shot

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cosmic
6/30/2016 01:49:42 am

People what we need to do is put a ban on the exportation of Taxidermy ....so they can't take it home and hang it on a wall.

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CV
6/30/2016 11:33:55 am

I'm sadden by this. This broke my heart. What a POS!!!!! Someone needs to set these scumbags loose in the middle of a lion pride in total darkness. These beautiful animals need conservation and not hunt to extinction.

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Tania
7/1/2016 08:41:41 am

Disgusting people. pity we can not put them in a reserve where the wild animals can hunt them and tear these low life's apart.

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Jack DR
7/1/2016 11:52:39 am

Disgusting people start with the guy that sets this up maybe turn them over to isis

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Monika Krohne
7/2/2016 03:36:19 pm

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Christa Alisiroglu- Krypl
7/2/2016 05:05:33 pm

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babs
7/2/2016 06:08:02 pm

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Brückmann Simone
7/3/2016 12:50:47 am

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Belli
7/3/2016 06:19:22 am

Diesen Barbaren wünsche ich einen qualvollen Tod!!!! Mehr gibt's dazu nicht zu sagen...

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Jody Firneno
7/28/2016 06:43:20 am

This kind of outrageous, despicable so-called hunting is inexcusable. I cannot imagine any human spending thousands of dollars to hunt down and kill exotic animals. They are the scum of the earth and will burn in hell for eternity.

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Judy Cowen
8/14/2016 03:39:21 am

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Hazel
8/25/2016 02:08:05 pm

Typical Dutch man anything to make money the easy way. Hope u all rot in he'll. That's what u deserve and worse

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Jane
8/26/2016 09:49:22 pm

I am saddened and sickened by this. It is a pathetic attempt to bolster macho egos when these hunters aren't even men, only male; deserving of the same hunting tactics being used with them as the hunted. I can only hope...

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Liz Reeve
8/28/2016 12:39:21 am

Dusgusting.
Can't this be stopped?

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margaret konopacki
9/3/2016 06:10:31 pm

I am disgusted by the cruelty of these hunts. The names of the hunters and the hunt organizers should be promoted in their own home towns!!! Shame and more shame. Unacceptable and not forgotten!!!

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Caroline Price link
9/27/2016 06:10:58 am

People involved in the canned hunting industry should be prosecuted for animal abuse and receive serious jail time. Leave wildlife in the wild and protect endangered species and restrict safaris to photographic ones only!

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Yve
1/18/2019 11:24:01 am

Dutch men... Not applicable , I am a "Dutch man" and if I find these guys I will get them naked in this " cage" and smear them with all goodies, leave them with the lions, so the Lions can play with them. Rot in hell you bloody "hunt crazy farts" , nothing to be proud of in the picture - an idiot with a big gun and a big mouth, nothing more , like a baby who shit in his pants and the prize is the turd, put that on a sandwich and dig in - take a boasting picture while taking It should give you the same feeling of achievement as it is the same act and a good taste in your mouth!

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Nishica
6/25/2021 04:16:15 am

Now days people going mad . Humanity is lost anywhere in this world .

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