A trophy hunting/thrill killing company could sign a deal which could force up to 48,000 members of Africa’s famous Maasai tribe from their land to make way for trophy hunters to shoot lions, leopards and many more animals for fun.

A trophy hunting/thrill killing company could sign a deal which could force up to 48,000 members of Africa’s famous Maasai tribe from their land to make way for trophy hunters to shoot lions, leopards and many more animals for fun.The Tanzanian government is denying that this is going to happen, but have made NO promises that the Massai people will not lose their land. We need to keep pressure on for a Presidential promise that no Maasai people in Loliondo will lose access to any of the lands they rely on.

Mzee Orosikos, a Maasai elder from Loliondo in Northern Tanzania said: “Many of us would rather die than be forced to move again.”Read more on the story from Avaaz here: http://www.facebook.com/notes/avaaz/stop-the-serengeti-sell-off/10151246044966719

You can help here by going to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism Facebook page and leave a comment on their wall.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ministry-of-Natural-Resources-and-Tourism-Tanzania/214617361925291

There is also a petition you can sign (900,000+ signatures already): http://avaaz.org/en/save_the_maasai/?fb_n

Canned hunting is the sick practice of killing an animal in a fenced enclosure for fun.

 Animal Shame

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Animal-Shame/225598740853762

Most trophy hunters try to disguise their canned hunts as real hunts in the wild, but ALL trophy hunts of white lions are done inside enclosures. Canne

d hunting is a very controversial form of hunting (it is actually not real hunting), one of the main rules of ethical hunting is that it is a fair chase between the animal and the hunter. High fences stop this been fair chase as the animal has no means of escaping. I have seen videos of some canned hunts where lions are running away and trying to escape and just bouncing off the perimeter fence as a tourist blasts it with a high powered weapon, it is very shocking to see.

Legal to kill a white lion but ILLEGAL to save the life of one! Read this shocking recent story:http://www.whitelions.org/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=24&Itemid=1

The life of a lion in the canned hunting industry:

A few days after the lion is born it is taken from its mother, this is highly destressing for the cubs and the mother. The mother is taken away and made pregnant again, her sole purpose is to be a breeding machine for the trophy hunting outfitter. She spends her whole life giving birth and having her cubs ripped away from her, and she never gets the chance to be a mother. Once her body is useless and can no longer have cubs she is either offered to be shot for a bargain price or just thrown in for free as part of another hunt.

When the cub is taken from its mother it is sent to a petting zoo or a volunteer project, where tourists pay to interact with the cubs. This is very distressing for the cubs who have no means of getting away, cats sleep a lot and cubs especially but they cannot do this because of been constantly picked up for photographs. Volunteers pay thousands of dollars to work on projects that promise that they will be one day released. Volunteers do not care to do any research and realise that any hand raised lion in South Africa cannot be released. These volunteers believe they are doing a good thing but they are just filling the pockets of these murderers and keeping this sick industry alive.

Once the lion is no longer a cub it is sent back to the trophy hunting farm, where it can grow into a suitable trophy for a tourist to shoot. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=352193494860952&set=a.315784881835147.72724.225598740853762&type=3&theater

When it comes time for the lion to be shot, it is released into the larger enclosure. The killers drive around the enclosure looking for the tame, hand raised lion. Meat is often hung out and they wait for the lion to start eating and then open fire as it eats.

I have seen many videos of these hunts and they are shocking, any person who takes part in one of these hunts is a disgrace to the human race. Often the tame lion will be laid undreneath a tree and as it sees the people approach it just glances over and glances away, as it does not see people as a threat. The cowards open fire and take pleasure in watching the animal roll around the floor in agony, then watch the life drain out of its body.

The aftermath is shocking as they parade the dead lion for ridiculous photos as they stand over the lifeless corpse of the tame, hand raised lion. They then return home to their countries to tell tales of how they killed a big bad dangerous man eating lion (they never mention they killed a tame, bottle fed lion inside an enclosure).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPMZ9mRcn50

Trophy hunting companies have now found another way to profit from the lions they kill, they are now starting to sell the bones to the Asian medicine market. This is the same market that has wiped many species off the face of the planet and is the biggest threat to tigers and rhino today, the scariest thing is that the South African government are allowing them to do this legally. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVPxfYFj7Yg

Illegal rhino poaching has risen 3000+% in the past five years and this could happen to lions as well, we are starting to the the exact same patterns with lions as what happened to rhinos, but the SA government do not appear to care. South Africa are even allowing tigers to be shot inside enclosures and their bones sent to Asia. http://www.lionaid.org/blog/category/canned-lions

Avaaz recently started an advertising campaign in airports calling for president Zuma to put an end to the sick lion bone trade. It took around one week for president Zuma to order the posters be pulled down. Avaaz have started an online petition which already has over 700,000 signatures calling for an end to the lion bone trade.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/1_million_to_ban_the_lion_trade_fbb/

 

sign the petition to show your support of efforts to ban the trade in lion bones

 

 African Lion & Environmental Research Trust

http://www.facebook.com/lionalert

 

I know we have asked a few times already, but if you have not done so, please sign the petition to show your support of efforts to ban the trade in lion bones: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/stop_lion_slaughter_for_sex_aides_d/?wnydVcb

 

ONE MILLION TO BAN THE LION TRADE http://www.avaaz.org/lions

http://www.avaaz.org/lions Caring with all our hearts as one MASS voice in signing, sharing, posting, tweeting, emailing the Avaaz petition to BAN THE LION TRADE IN SOUTH AFRICA, until 1 million voices are HEARD! WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED! The WORLD will speak! Please share, invite, email the petition and TWEET this:
Lions are not aphrodisiacs! Call @SApresident Zuma to ban the trade of lion bones for bogus sex remedies now!#poaching

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/stop_lion_slaughter_for_sex_aides_d/?wnydVcb

 

The latest Avaaz update on the petition: “Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) just ordered our ads to be taken down, in a move that smacks of political censorship. We have objected, told the press and are reviewing our options to ensure that our voices are heard and we win protection of the lions.”

The petition: “To South African President Zuma:
As citizens from around the world with great respect for South Africa and its magnificent natural heritage, we appeal to you to ban the cruel and senseless trade in lion bones and organs, which is encouraging an industry that could drive lions to the brink of extinction. We hope to be able to visit South Africa and support its tourism industry, and would like to recommend travel there to our friends. We urge you to remove the stain of the lion trade from your country’s reputation and help us to support you with a clean conscience.”

Why is this action CRITICAL?:
“Hundreds of South African lions are being slaughtered to make bogus sex potions for men. But we can stop this cruel trade by hitting the government where it hurts — the tourism industry.

A global ban on tiger bone sales has traders hunting a new prize — the majestic lions. Lions are farmed under appalling conditions in South Africa for “canned hunting”, where rich tourists pay thousands to shoot them through fences. Now experts say lion bones from these killing farms are being exported to phony ‘medicine’ makers in Asia for record profits. Trade is exploding and experts fear that as prices rise, even wild lions — with only 20,000 left in Africa — will come under poaching attack.

If we can show President Zuma that this brutal trade is hurting South Africa’s image as a tourist destination, he could ban and punish the trade in lion bones. Avaaz is taking out strong ads in airports, tourism websites and magazines, but we urgently need 1 million petition signers to give the ads their force. Sign the petition to build our numbers fast.”

ONE MILLION TO BAN THE LION TRADE http://www.avaaz.org/lions

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The life of a lion in the canned hunting industry:

 

Animal Shame

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Animal-Shame/225598740853762

 
A few days after the lion is born it is taken from its mother, this is highly distressing for the cubs and the mother. The mother is taken away and made pregnant again, her sole purpose is to be a breeding machine for the trophy hunting outfitter. She spends her whole life giving birth and having her cubs ripped away from her, and she never gets

the chance to be a mother. Once her body is useless and can no longer have cubs she is either offered to be shot for a bargain price or just thrown in for free as part of another hunt.

When the cub is taken from its mother it is sent to a petting zoo or a volunteer project, where tourists pay to interact with the cubs. This is very distressing for the cubs who have no means of getting away, cats sleep a lot and cubs especially, but they cannot do this because of been constantly picked up for photographs. Volunteers pay thousands of dollars to work on projects that promise that they will be one day released. Volunteers do not care to do any research and realise that any hand raised lion in South Africa cannot be released. These volunteers believe they are doing a good thing but they are just filling the pockets of these murderers and keeping this sick industry alive.

Once the lion is no longer a cub it is sent back to the trophy hunting farm, where it can grow into a suitable trophy for a tourist to shoot. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=352193494860952&set=a.315784881835147.72724.225598740853762&type=3&theater

When it comes time for the lion to be shot, it is released into the larger enclosure. The killers drive around the enclosure looking for the tame, hand raised lion. Meat is often hung out and they wait for the lion to start eating and then open fire as it eats.

I have seen many videos of these hunts and they are shocking, any person who takes part in one of these hunts is a disgrace to the human race. Often the tame lion will be laid undreneath a tree and as it sees the people approach it just glances over and glances away, as it does not see people as a threat. The cowards open fire and take pleasure in watching the animal roll around the floor in agony, then watch the life drain out of its body.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.357811990965769.83230.225598740853762&type=1

The aftermath is shocking as they parade the dead lion for ridiculous photos as they stand over the lifeless corpse of the tame, hand raised lion. They then return home to their countries to tell tales of how they killed a big bad dangerous man eating lion (they never mention they killed a tame, bottle fed lion inside an enclosure).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPMZ9mRcn50

Trophy hunting companies have now found another way to profit from the lions they kill, they are now starting to sell the bones to the Asian medicine market. This is the same market that has wiped many species off the face of the planet and is the biggest threat to tigers and rhino today, the scariest thing is that the South African government are allowing them to do this legally. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVPxfYFj7Yg

Illegal rhino poaching has risen 3000+% in the past five years and this could happen to lions as well, we are starting to the the exact same patterns with lions as what happened to rhinos, but the SA government do not appear to care. South Africa are even allowing tigers to be shot inside enclosures and their bones sent to Asia. http://www.lionaid.org/blog/category/canned-lions

Avaaz recently started an advertising campaign in airports calling for president Zuma to put an end to the sick lion bone trade. It took around one week for president Zuma to order the posters be pulled down. Avaaz have started an online petition which already has over 700,000 signatures calling for an end to the lion bone trade.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/1_million_to_ban_the_lion_trade_fbb/