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Ref: 02/1/5/2
MINISTER
QUESTION NO. 368 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
A draft reply to Mrs C N Z Zikalala (IFP) to the above-mentioned question
is enclosed for your consideration.
MS NOSIPHO NGCABA
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
DATE:
DRAFT REPLY APPROVED/AMENDED
MRS B E E MOLEWA, MP
MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DATE:
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 368
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 6 of 2014 {NW422E}
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 14 March 2014
Mrs C N Z Zikalala (IFP) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental
Affairs:
Whether she intends to amend an existing legislation in order to define the
term âcanned lion huntingâ as there is currently no definition for it in
South African legislation?
368. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS REPLIES:
No. The Threatened or Protected Species (TOPS) Regulations, which have been
promulgated in terms of NEMBA, contain provisions that prohibit the manner
in which hunting may be carried out in specific circumstances, and which
address a number of concerns relating to canned hunting. The following are
prohibited, with no exceptions provided:
⢠Hunting of TOPS (including lion) in a controlled environment;
⢠Hunting of TOPS (including lion) while it is under the influence of a
narcotic or tranquilizing agent; or
⢠Hunting of TOPS (including lion) by making use of traps, poison or
snares.
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