Please sign this petition 🖊 🙏
#SouthAfrica’s government recently committed to ban the “#lion jails” where about 8,000 #lions are trapped & exploited. Conservationists & citizens are urging the government to extend the ban to all big cats. #CancelCaptivity
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#SouthAfrica’s government recently committed to ban the “#lion jails” where about 8,000 #lions are trapped & exploited. Conservationists & citizens are urging the government to extend the ban to all big cats. #CancelCaptivity
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Big cat jails
Good news! South Africa’s government recently committed to ban the “lion jails” where about 8,000 lions are trapped and exploited. Now, conservationists are asking us to...
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November 18, 2024 at 8:04 AM
Please sign this petition 🖊 🙏
#SouthAfrica’s government recently committed to ban the “#lion jails” where about 8,000 #lions are trapped & exploited. Conservationists & citizens are urging the government to extend the ban to all big cats. #CancelCaptivity
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#SouthAfrica’s government recently committed to ban the “#lion jails” where about 8,000 #lions are trapped & exploited. Conservationists & citizens are urging the government to extend the ban to all big cats. #CancelCaptivity
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This South African #HeritageDay, we celebrate not only our rich and diverse cultures but also our natural heritage. Lions symbolise strength, courage and ancestral power, woven into our stories and identity.Let’s honour them wild and free.
#CancelCaptivity#HeritageDay2025
Photo credit: Katie Nicolle
#CancelCaptivity#HeritageDay2025
Photo credit: Katie Nicolle
September 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This South African #HeritageDay, we celebrate not only our rich and diverse cultures but also our natural heritage. Lions symbolise strength, courage and ancestral power, woven into our stories and identity.Let’s honour them wild and free.
#CancelCaptivity#HeritageDay2025
Photo credit: Katie Nicolle
#CancelCaptivity#HeritageDay2025
Photo credit: Katie Nicolle
Great news! #SouthAfrica Hand over your #lion bone stockpiles for destruction, minister tells breeders!
#CancelCaptivity
#BloodLions #BredForTheBullet!
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
#CancelCaptivity
#BloodLions #BredForTheBullet!
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
Minister tells breeders to hand over lion bone stockpiles for destruction
It’s been a long and winding road to ending captive lion breeding — and it begins with bones.
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 18, 2024 at 6:11 AM
Great news! #SouthAfrica Hand over your #lion bone stockpiles for destruction, minister tells breeders!
#CancelCaptivity
#BloodLions #BredForTheBullet!
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
#CancelCaptivity
#BloodLions #BredForTheBullet!
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition ReportIt Week!📲
🦁 Wildlife selfies, cub petting, and predators as “pets” are often shared as entertainment, but there are serious welfare concerns & exploitation.
👇Learn what NOT to do, & what you CAN do to help report it!
#ReportIt2EndIt #CancelCaptivity
🦁 Wildlife selfies, cub petting, and predators as “pets” are often shared as entertainment, but there are serious welfare concerns & exploitation.
👇Learn what NOT to do, & what you CAN do to help report it!
#ReportIt2EndIt #CancelCaptivity
September 23, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition ReportIt Week!📲
🦁 Wildlife selfies, cub petting, and predators as “pets” are often shared as entertainment, but there are serious welfare concerns & exploitation.
👇Learn what NOT to do, & what you CAN do to help report it!
#ReportIt2EndIt #CancelCaptivity
🦁 Wildlife selfies, cub petting, and predators as “pets” are often shared as entertainment, but there are serious welfare concerns & exploitation.
👇Learn what NOT to do, & what you CAN do to help report it!
#ReportIt2EndIt #CancelCaptivity
❓Why did Blood Lions & World Animal Protection commission a tourism poll?
To understand how travellers feel about SA’s lion farming—and if reversing the planned phase-out would affect travel choices.
Stay tuned as we share #WildOverCaptive results. 🦁 #CancelCaptivity
To understand how travellers feel about SA’s lion farming—and if reversing the planned phase-out would affect travel choices.
Stay tuned as we share #WildOverCaptive results. 🦁 #CancelCaptivity
March 16, 2026 at 4:41 PM
❓Why did Blood Lions & World Animal Protection commission a tourism poll?
To understand how travellers feel about SA’s lion farming—and if reversing the planned phase-out would affect travel choices.
Stay tuned as we share #WildOverCaptive results. 🦁 #CancelCaptivity
To understand how travellers feel about SA’s lion farming—and if reversing the planned phase-out would affect travel choices.
Stay tuned as we share #WildOverCaptive results. 🦁 #CancelCaptivity
South Africa’s captive predator industry exploits lions & other big cats for profit 🐾. Cubs torn from mothers, malnourished, neglected & denied natural instincts—all for human entertainment. Don’t be part of the problem. #CancelCaptivity #KeepItWild
More: tinyurl.com/5adccdnf
More: tinyurl.com/5adccdnf
September 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
South Africa’s captive predator industry exploits lions & other big cats for profit 🐾. Cubs torn from mothers, malnourished, neglected & denied natural instincts—all for human entertainment. Don’t be part of the problem. #CancelCaptivity #KeepItWild
More: tinyurl.com/5adccdnf
More: tinyurl.com/5adccdnf
In SAs commercial predator industry not only lions, but leopards, cheetahs, servals, tigers & more are bred. Torn from mothers, used for petting & photo props, sold to zoos, and traded for parts. Their suffering is the same. #TheyFeelToo Time to #CancelCaptivity More: tinyurl.com/7426xs8a
October 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
In SAs commercial predator industry not only lions, but leopards, cheetahs, servals, tigers & more are bred. Torn from mothers, used for petting & photo props, sold to zoos, and traded for parts. Their suffering is the same. #TheyFeelToo Time to #CancelCaptivity More: tinyurl.com/7426xs8a
🐾 Welfare Big Cat Cubs – #throwback2025 🐾 Thousands of indigenous and exotic big cats in SA’s captive predator industry face the same welfare issues as lions: early separation, poor welfare, cub petting, zoo displays, & a thriving trade in skins, bones, claws etc. #TheyFeelToo #CancelCaptivity
January 9, 2026 at 12:20 PM
🐾 Welfare Big Cat Cubs – #throwback2025 🐾 Thousands of indigenous and exotic big cats in SA’s captive predator industry face the same welfare issues as lions: early separation, poor welfare, cub petting, zoo displays, & a thriving trade in skins, bones, claws etc. #TheyFeelToo #CancelCaptivity
🐾 Welfare Big Cat Cubs – #throwback2025 🐾 Thousands of indigenous and exotic big cats in SA’s captive predator industry face the same welfare issues as lions: early separation, poor welfare, cub petting, zoo displays, & a thriving trade in skins, bones, claws etc. #TheyFeelToo #CancelCaptivity
January 7, 2026 at 8:23 PM
🐾 Welfare Big Cat Cubs – #throwback2025 🐾 Thousands of indigenous and exotic big cats in SA’s captive predator industry face the same welfare issues as lions: early separation, poor welfare, cub petting, zoo displays, & a thriving trade in skins, bones, claws etc. #TheyFeelToo #CancelCaptivity
📸 #KeepItWild Challenge! Reminder 📸 Submit your wild big cat photo + background story by 24 Oct 2025. Open to all photographers 👉 tinyurl.com/59ka8b43. Entries will join an open letter to SA’s Minister urging a ban on captive lion breeding. Share & take action! #CancelCaptivity
October 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📸 #KeepItWild Challenge! Reminder 📸 Submit your wild big cat photo + background story by 24 Oct 2025. Open to all photographers 👉 tinyurl.com/59ka8b43. Entries will join an open letter to SA’s Minister urging a ban on captive lion breeding. Share & take action! #CancelCaptivity
South Africa is top global wildlife supplier, exporting 16+ million live wild animals (2013–2023), incl. 5,500 predators. Many go to China and Vietnam with poor welfare records, fueling trade in bones, skins & meat. SA has a moral obligation to protect these animals. #TheyFeelToo #CancelCaptivity
October 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
South Africa is top global wildlife supplier, exporting 16+ million live wild animals (2013–2023), incl. 5,500 predators. Many go to China and Vietnam with poor welfare records, fueling trade in bones, skins & meat. SA has a moral obligation to protect these animals. #TheyFeelToo #CancelCaptivity
📢 YOU’RE KILLING THEM SOFTLY 📢
Paying to pet, walk or watch captive lions fuels cruelty for profit ❌🦁 Their lives are short, their suffering real. You’re not helping them — you’re killing them softly.
🟢 Say no to captivity.
🟢 Say no to exploitation.
#TheyFeelToo #CancelCaptivity
Paying to pet, walk or watch captive lions fuels cruelty for profit ❌🦁 Their lives are short, their suffering real. You’re not helping them — you’re killing them softly.
🟢 Say no to captivity.
🟢 Say no to exploitation.
#TheyFeelToo #CancelCaptivity
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📢 YOU’RE KILLING THEM SOFTLY 📢
Paying to pet, walk or watch captive lions fuels cruelty for profit ❌🦁 Their lives are short, their suffering real. You’re not helping them — you’re killing them softly.
🟢 Say no to captivity.
🟢 Say no to exploitation.
#TheyFeelToo #CancelCaptivity
Paying to pet, walk or watch captive lions fuels cruelty for profit ❌🦁 Their lives are short, their suffering real. You’re not helping them — you’re killing them softly.
🟢 Say no to captivity.
🟢 Say no to exploitation.
#TheyFeelToo #CancelCaptivity
South Africa has minimum requirements for enclosure space for lions, but most other big cats are not afforded such standards. Their cages can be as small as 10x14 m for three young leopards. This impacts their welfare further due to the inability to exercise. #TheyFeelToo Time to #CancelCaptivity
September 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
South Africa has minimum requirements for enclosure space for lions, but most other big cats are not afforded such standards. Their cages can be as small as 10x14 m for three young leopards. This impacts their welfare further due to the inability to exercise. #TheyFeelToo Time to #CancelCaptivity
🦁 #WorldLionDay2026 - calling on the South African government to honour its commitment to end SA’s captive lion industry & ensure today’s captive lions are the last bred for commercial exploitation.
www.citizen.co.za/news/conserv...
#CancelCaptivity
www.citizen.co.za/news/conserv...
#CancelCaptivity
August 19, 2026 at 2:02 PM
🦁 #WorldLionDay2026 - calling on the South African government to honour its commitment to end SA’s captive lion industry & ensure today’s captive lions are the last bred for commercial exploitation.
www.citizen.co.za/news/conserv...
#CancelCaptivity
www.citizen.co.za/news/conserv...
#CancelCaptivity
🦁 World Lion Day 2026: The time for action is NOW. Despite the government's commitment to phase out SA's captive lion industry, progress has stalled since Nov 2025. The current generation of captive-bred lions must be the last. Join us as we call for action. #WorldLionDay #CancelCaptivity
August 11, 2026 at 7:52 AM
🦁 World Lion Day 2026: The time for action is NOW. Despite the government's commitment to phase out SA's captive lion industry, progress has stalled since Nov 2025. The current generation of captive-bred lions must be the last. Join us as we call for action. #WorldLionDay #CancelCaptivity
🧠 The Psychological Trauma of Captive Animals 🧠
Commercialised captivity = increased maladaptive neurobiological coping = poor quality of life!
#CancelCaptivity
Commercialised captivity = increased maladaptive neurobiological coping = poor quality of life!
#CancelCaptivity
August 5, 2026 at 10:07 AM
🧠 The Psychological Trauma of Captive Animals 🧠
Commercialised captivity = increased maladaptive neurobiological coping = poor quality of life!
#CancelCaptivity
Commercialised captivity = increased maladaptive neurobiological coping = poor quality of life!
#CancelCaptivity
🧠 The Psychological Trauma of Captive Animals 🧠
From historical menageries to modern zoos, these slides explain the detrimental psychological impact of captivity: zoochosis, hypervigilance, learned helplessness, and social deprivation #CancelCaptivity
From historical menageries to modern zoos, these slides explain the detrimental psychological impact of captivity: zoochosis, hypervigilance, learned helplessness, and social deprivation #CancelCaptivity
August 5, 2026 at 10:02 AM
🧠 The Psychological Trauma of Captive Animals 🧠
From historical menageries to modern zoos, these slides explain the detrimental psychological impact of captivity: zoochosis, hypervigilance, learned helplessness, and social deprivation #CancelCaptivity
From historical menageries to modern zoos, these slides explain the detrimental psychological impact of captivity: zoochosis, hypervigilance, learned helplessness, and social deprivation #CancelCaptivity
🐾 Last, but not least in this series - lions 🐾 About 7,838 lions (Panthera leo) are in South Africa’s commercial captive industry for breeding, viewing, cub petting, walking with predators, voluntourism, canned hunting, and supplementing the trade in tiger bones & parts #CancelCaptivity
August 3, 2026 at 9:31 AM
🐾 Last, but not least in this series - lions 🐾 About 7,838 lions (Panthera leo) are in South Africa’s commercial captive industry for breeding, viewing, cub petting, walking with predators, voluntourism, canned hunting, and supplementing the trade in tiger bones & parts #CancelCaptivity
🐾 Why do we have tigers in South Africa? About 626 tigers (Panthera tigris) are in SA’s commercial captive industry. Captive breeding, cub petting, viewing in captivity, and voluntourism practices include tigers. Tiger bones have also been found in stockpiles of lion bones. #CancelCaptivity
July 27, 2026 at 1:08 PM
🐾 Why do we have tigers in South Africa? About 626 tigers (Panthera tigris) are in SA’s commercial captive industry. Captive breeding, cub petting, viewing in captivity, and voluntourism practices include tigers. Tiger bones have also been found in stockpiles of lion bones. #CancelCaptivity
🐾 More exotic big cats are in captivity than you realise! About 64 jaguars (Panthera onca) are in South Africa’s commercial captive industry. Captive breeding, live trade, cub petting, voluntourism practices, and predator park attractions include jaguars. #CancelCaptivity
July 24, 2026 at 11:02 AM
🐾 More exotic big cats are in captivity than you realise! About 64 jaguars (Panthera onca) are in South Africa’s commercial captive industry. Captive breeding, live trade, cub petting, voluntourism practices, and predator park attractions include jaguars. #CancelCaptivity
🌍 What is CITES? It’s a global agreement regulating wildlife trade to protect wild species. Blood Lions attended the 34th Animals Committee, sharing research on the risks South Africa’s captive lion industry poses to wild lions. #CITES #CancelCaptivity
July 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
🌍 What is CITES? It’s a global agreement regulating wildlife trade to protect wild species. Blood Lions attended the 34th Animals Committee, sharing research on the risks South Africa’s captive lion industry poses to wild lions. #CITES #CancelCaptivity
🐾Other cats in captivity! 🐾
About 297 caracals (Caracal caracal) and 339 servals (Leptailurus serval) are in South Africa’s commercial captive industry. Captive breeding, live trade, voluntourism practices, and predator park attractions include caracals and servals. #CancelCaptivity
About 297 caracals (Caracal caracal) and 339 servals (Leptailurus serval) are in South Africa’s commercial captive industry. Captive breeding, live trade, voluntourism practices, and predator park attractions include caracals and servals. #CancelCaptivity
July 20, 2026 at 1:23 PM
🐾Other cats in captivity! 🐾
About 297 caracals (Caracal caracal) and 339 servals (Leptailurus serval) are in South Africa’s commercial captive industry. Captive breeding, live trade, voluntourism practices, and predator park attractions include caracals and servals. #CancelCaptivity
About 297 caracals (Caracal caracal) and 339 servals (Leptailurus serval) are in South Africa’s commercial captive industry. Captive breeding, live trade, voluntourism practices, and predator park attractions include caracals and servals. #CancelCaptivity
👉 True animal welfare requires protecting their mental, emotional, and social well-being.
👉 True conservation cannot be built on a foundation of animal trauma.
#CancelCaptivity #ChooseWild
👉 True conservation cannot be built on a foundation of animal trauma.
#CancelCaptivity #ChooseWild
"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons."
Huzaima Bukhari exposes the deep psychological trauma inflicted on captive animals like Kaavan the elephant & Himalayan bears Suzi and Babloo. 👇
🔗 www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Jul-2026/...
#AnimalWelfare #Kaavan #Wildlife #AnimalRights
Huzaima Bukhari exposes the deep psychological trauma inflicted on captive animals like Kaavan the elephant & Himalayan bears Suzi and Babloo. 👇
🔗 www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Jul-2026/...
#AnimalWelfare #Kaavan #Wildlife #AnimalRights
The Panopticon Of Play
Deconstructing Psychological Trauma of Captive Animals
www.thefridaytimes.com
July 14, 2026 at 10:49 AM
👉 True animal welfare requires protecting their mental, emotional, and social well-being.
👉 True conservation cannot be built on a foundation of animal trauma.
#CancelCaptivity #ChooseWild
👉 True conservation cannot be built on a foundation of animal trauma.
#CancelCaptivity #ChooseWild
❓What do tourists think about South Africa’s captive lion industry❓
The results are clear:
❗ 70% of international respondents (UK, USA, Germany, Netherlands) say they would be put off visiting a country that allows lion farming to continue.
#WildOverCaptive #CancelCaptivity
The results are clear:
❗ 70% of international respondents (UK, USA, Germany, Netherlands) say they would be put off visiting a country that allows lion farming to continue.
#WildOverCaptive #CancelCaptivity
April 3, 2026 at 10:55 AM
❓What do tourists think about South Africa’s captive lion industry❓
The results are clear:
❗ 70% of international respondents (UK, USA, Germany, Netherlands) say they would be put off visiting a country that allows lion farming to continue.
#WildOverCaptive #CancelCaptivity
The results are clear:
❗ 70% of international respondents (UK, USA, Germany, Netherlands) say they would be put off visiting a country that allows lion farming to continue.
#WildOverCaptive #CancelCaptivity