Episode 4 - The Weekly News 07-07-2021 - Dr Andrew Muir
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Dr Andrew Muir, CEO of Wilderness Foundation, shares his experience of his time on the high level panel appointed by Minister Barbara Creecy to evaluate new legislation on sustainable use of wildlife in South Africa. We hear the urgent call for unity in global conservation circles to support the policy to ban the captive lion breeding industry. To support this bill, please read the policy document here and submit your support to the minister by July 28, 2021. For more information, please email [email protected]. Peter’s editorial explores the growing controversy behind the proposed relocation of 13 elephant from the Howletts Wildlife Park in the United Kingdom to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya. 
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