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PAIA Requests for Environmental Records

Request to DESTEA for information in relation to all applications and permits in respect of the slaughter and transportation of lions

14 May 2018

Requestee:
Free State Department of Economic, Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (DESTEA)
Reference Number:
CER-2018-DES-0002
Status:
Submitted

Requested copies of all records, including all applications for permits, applications declined and permits granted, in respect of live specimens and derivatives/parts, including skulls, skeletons and bones, of Panthera leo (lion) for:

 killing, and/or destroying (euthanasia and/or slaughter);
 transportation/conveyance within and out of the province:
 international export (in terms of the National CITIES Regulations, 2010);

Specifically but not limited to those records relating to the permitted activities at and related to Wag-‘n-Bietjie farm near Bloemfontein, in terms of the National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act, 2004, the Threatened or Protected Species Regulations, 2007 and/or the relevant provincial legislation, for the period January 2018 to May 2018.

For further information please email [email protected].