South Africa's lions once again under threat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IkokknpCJ0

In 2007 the then Minister of Environment, Marthinus van Schalk Wyk, created such a lame piece of legislation that today, on appeal by the Association of Predator Breeders, it has been over-turned by a High-Court judge. The result, canned hunting is back in business in South Africa.

it is therefore once again possible to pay upwards of $20'000 to have a captive bred lion drugged so he is disoriented, then released into an enclosure where you can shoot the animal with your high caliber rifle, (like the proud folk in this photograph).

Clearly this practice is abhorrent, as is the breeding and cruel slaughter of animals for the sole purpose of profiteering. 

Please add your signature and circulate this to anyone who will take a moment to add theirs. These magnificent creatures do not deserve this fate, and they need your help to bring this to an end for once and for all.

We, the undersigned, call upon the South African Government and the Minister of Environment & Tourism to bring an immediate end to the practice of canned hunting in South Africa.

The majority of the world's citizens believe canned hunting to be barbaric, abhorrent and repulsive. Wild animals are a part of our national heritage and should be protected, not slaughtered for profits.

Thank you for reading this petition. We hope and pray that you will be the difference and bring this cruelty to an end with no chance of a reprieve.