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Michelle Riley / Humane World for Animals

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Images taken by Humane World for Animals in South Africa during PSA filming by Earth Agency of elephant puppets created by the Ukwanda Puppets and Designs Art Collective. The puppeteers were enacting a scenario where a small family heard of elephants (mothers and calfs) are going about their lives when they are subjected to lethal culling by helicopter.
Life-size elephant puppets recreate the horror of a potential cull in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa—A herd of giant, life-size elephant puppets lumber through Cape Point’s shrubland. Above two adult elephant puppets and their young calf. The scene is part of a moving new

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Humane World for Animals urges South African government to ban live animal exports by sea for slaughter

CAPE TOWN – In advance of “Ban Live Exports: International Awareness Day” on 14 June, Humane World for Animals is calling on the South African government to prohibit the export of live animals by sea

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As South Africa releases draft regulations on live animal export by sea, animal organization calls for an end to its cruelty

CAPE TOWN, South Africa—The South African Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has published draft regulations on the live export of animals by sea, inviting public comment

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BREAKING: South African Predator Association seeks to reinstate irresponsible lion bone export quota through High Court

CAPE TOWN—The South African Predator Association (SAPA) together, with 10 individual lion farmers and ‘canned’ hunting operators, filed a court application seeking to renew a controversial lion bone