12/06/2026
Lions, legal supply and the danger of lazy policy
There is a mood in some circles that the captive lion and predator sector must simply be closed. Not fixed. Not raised. Not inspected properly. Closed. That is the demand, dressed up as science and repeated often enough to sound respectable.
SAPA does not accept that. We do not accept it because it is unfair to the men and women who have carried lawful businesses under brutal public pressure for years. More importantly, we do not accept it because it may put wild lions at greater risk.
That last point must be said plainly. The risk to wild lions is no longer a theory written in a boardroom. It is showing up in the field.
Read the full article here - https://www.sapredators.co.za/news-2/lions%2C-legal-supply-and-the-danger-of-lazy-policy