David H.W. Morgan Chief, Governing Bodies and Meeting Services CITES Secretariat c/o Pascal Perraud (pascal.perraud@cites.org 28 February 2018 FACILITIES (FARMS AND INDIVIDUALS) KEEPING AND BREEDING ASIAN BIG CATS IN CAPTIVITY IN SOUTH AFRICA: UNDER DECISION 17.229 Dear Pascal, We are writing to you on behalf of two South Africa CITES Observer organisations, namely: Ban Animal Trading (http://www.bananimaltrading.org) and the EMS Foundation (www.emsfoundation.org.za) with regard to facilities/individuals keeping Asian big cats (mainly tigers) in captivity in South Africa. We are very concerned that South Africa’s lax and unregulated approach is contributing directly to the demise of tigers and the growth of the tiger bone industry. South Africa’s management practices and controls are totally inadequate for such facilities and as a consequence there is nothing to prevent Asian Big Cats from entering illegal trade from or through the breeding and keeping facilities in South Africa, including with regard to the disposal of specimens from Asian Big Cats that die in captivity. There are also a number of individuals in South Africa that are breeding and keeping Asian Big Cats in their backyards in city suburbs. Since early 2016, including in the recent past (3 October 2017 and 14 December 2017) we have asked South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) if they know the number of Asian tigers in South Africa and if they monitor and audit the facilities in South Africa that keep Asian Big Cats, but they have continuously and consistently replied that they do not as they are ‘exotics’ and therefore it is not DEA’s responsibility. This despite the fact that they are CITES Appendix I animals.

During our conversation with Mr Tjiane Deputy Director: CITES Policy Development and Implementation, Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Environmental Affairs on the 3rd October 2017 we asked: Question: Are people allowed to hunt tigers in South Africa? DEA Reply: I don’t know, you must ask the provinces. We don’t regulate hunting of tigers here. During our meeting with Mr Tjiane, Deputy Director: CITES Policy Development and Implementation, Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Environmental Affairs on the 14th December 2017 in relation to South Africa’s procedures vis-à-vis the lion bone quota, we asked: Question: ….So there is a possibility that I could replace the lion bones that you’ve now put the tag on with tiger bone, and hope for the best, that you don’t pick it up. I mean, that’s possible. DEA Reply: Yes. I can send a piece of anything in South Africa and stick something in, you won’t know. In addition, in terms of CITES regulations, all facilities breeding Appendix 1 animals (whether indigenous or exotic) need to be registered with CITES by the National Authority. However, South Africa does not have one facility listed with CITES for any Asian big cats, despite the fact that there are many places that are breeding them in South Africa and we have a burgeoning international trade in tigers. Another problem is that the South African authorities are allowing tigers to breed with lions as well as with other sub-species of tigers. Very often these predators are kept in the same enclosures. Aware that under Decision 17.229 taken at COP 17, held in South Africa in September 2016 (https://cites.org/eng/node/48653) the CITES Secretariat was directed to conduct a review of the number of facilities keeping Asian big cats in captivity in the territories of CITES Parties and the number of Asian big cats kept in these facilities, on the 24th January 2018 we wrote to DEA as follows: Question: We are aware that under Decision 17.229, the CITES Secretariat is directed to conduct a review of the number of facilities keeping Asian big cats in captivity in the territories of CITES Parties and the number of Asian big cats kept in these facilities. The EMS Foundation understands that the Secretariat has issued a Notification to the Parties to seek such information from the Parties. Does DEA have this information? If so please can it be provided to ourselves? If DEA does not have this information, how does it plan on obtaining it and what is the timeline? We received no reply and we sent a reminder email to DEA on 16th February 2018, to which we received this brusque reply from Mpho Tjiane, Deputy Director: CITES Policy Development and Implementation, Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Environmental Affairs: DEA Reply: Yes email received and we will be communicating with Secretariat on how we will deal with this matter as you can appreciate that there are 9 Provinces in South Africa and we have to coordinate the information. We have no time lines to achieving this goal as we have not planned.

In terms of Schedule 4 of South Africa’s Constitution, Environment is a shared competency between national and provincial governments. We are concerned by DEA’s apparent strategy to blame the provinces when it comes to the provision of information in relation to the implementation and fulfilment of South Africa’s obligations in term of international treaties it is a signatory to, such as CITES. This appears to be a convenient tactic on DEA’s part to mask its lack of compliance, oversight and implementation, particularly as there are established government forums represented by all the provinces, DEA and SANBI which meet regularly and where information is shared. A recent example of DEA’s obfuscation is that in a meeting between ourselves and the Limpopo province Director for Wildlife Trade and Regulation, Mr. Sam Makhubele and his team, on the 22nd February 2018, we asked if their department had ever received a request from DEA in relation to Asian Big Cats, specifically:

1. Species concerned 2. Name of establishment 3. Address of establishment 4. Date of establishment of the facility and last known date on which it was still in

operation 5. Source of information about the existence of the facility.

Their reply was one of surprise, and they stated categorically that no request to the Limpopo province from DEA had ever been sent or received. In 2015 a TRAFFIC/Wildcru report, Bones of Contention, raised serious concerns about the growing trade in tigers and their parts and products from South Africa, and that tiger bones from South Africa may be laundered as Lion bones using CITES Appendix II. Limitations in the South African legislation applying to endangered exotic animals have made it possible for an unregulated domestic trade in Tigers. The report also flagged the lack of transparency by the government and the industry on the matter. The Bones of Contention Report estimated that there were more than 280 Tigers (mainly Bengal Tigers) in at least 44 facilities in South Africa. Our research has shown that the industry is growing as there are more facilities and more tigers. Our research clearly shows that inbreeding is rampant and given the lack of regulation or control by South African authorities and the intersecting demand for tigers in Southeast Asia, tigers are facing obvious exploitation for cruel market-driven consumptive purposes. Please find appended a list of facilities we were able to trace. This list is by no means exhaustive, as the number of facilities/individuals and number and species of Asian Big Cats is not known, regulated or quantified in South Africa. The list is as a result of internet searches and on-site investigations conducted by Ban Animal Trading and the EMS Foundation.

Yours Sincerely,

Smaragda Louw Michele Pickover Director Director Ban Animal Trading EMS Foundation

LIST OF FACILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA KEEPING BIG ASIAN CATS IN CAPTIVITY COMPILED BY BAN ANIMAL TRADING AND THE EMS FOUNDATION1 TABLE OF CONTENTS GAUTENG PROVINCE ______________________________________________________________________________ 4

RHINO AND LION NATURE RESERVE _____________________________________________________________ 4

ZOOLOGICAL LIVE ANIMAL SUPPLIERS/ENDOFAUN ZOO ____________________________________ 5

THE FARM INN _______________________________________________________________________________________ 8

BESTER BIRDS AND ANIMAL ZOO PARK _________________________________________________________ 9

JOHANNESBURG ZOO _____________________________________________________________________________ 10

LORY PARK ZOO ___________________________________________________________________________________ 11

INGWE WILDLIFE CENTRE _______________________________________________________________________ 12

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS ____________________________________________________________ 14

LIMPOPO PROVINCE _____________________________________________________________________________ 15

MYSTIC MONKEYS AND FEATHERS _____________________________________________________________ 15

SONDELA NATURE RESERVE AND SPA _________________________________________________________ 21

MBIDI LODGE – RAMELA RANCH _______________________________________________________________ 23

ZEBULA GOLF ESTATE AND SPA ________________________________________________________________ 25

EVENTIERIA WILDLIFE PARK ___________________________________________________________________ 27

LIMPOPO PREDATOR PARK _____________________________________________________________________ 29

MARAKELE PREDATOR PARK TZANEEN ______________________________________________________ 33

LETABA RIVER LODGE ECO PARK (ALSO KNOWN AS TZANEEN LION AND PREDATOR PARK) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 34

CAESAR’S BUSH PALACE AND WATERBERG PREDATOR PARK ____________________________ 37

LESHOKA THABANG GAME RESERVE __________________________________________________________ 40

NORTH WEST PROVINCE ________________________________________________________________________ 41

KUDU’S RUS GAME LODGE AND PREDATOR PARK ___________________________________________ 41

THE LAKE PREDATOR PARK ____________________________________________________________________ 44 1 This list is not an exhaustive list of all the facilities that have tigers in South Africa. This list was compiled through internet searches and investigations conducted in 2018.

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AKWAABA LODGE AND PREDATOR PARK ____________________________________________________ 45

BONA BONA GAME LODGE/GAME BREEDERS ________________________________________________ 47

KLEIN BUISFONTEIN RANCH ____________________________________________________________________ 49

VOI LODGE – DKC TRADING _____________________________________________________________________ 51

LION AND TIGER PARK AT CHAMELEON VILLAGE ___________________________________________ 52

HARTBEESPOORT DAM SNAKE AND ANIMAL PARK _________________________________________ 53

UKUTULA LODGE _________________________________________________________________________________ 54

RAJAN’S PREDATOR CAMP ______________________________________________________________________ 58

JABULA BIG CAT SANCTUARY ___________________________________________________________________ 58

PREDATOR WORLD _______________________________________________________________________________ 59

PREDATORS PRIDE _______________________________________________________________________________ 60

GLEN AFRIC ________________________________________________________________________________________ 61

EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE ______________________________________________________________________ 62

EAST LONDON ZOO _______________________________________________________________________________ 62

KWANTU GAME RESERVE _______________________________________________________________________ 63

THE LION PARK (EAST LONDON) _______________________________________________________________ 64

SEAVIEW PREDATOR PARK _____________________________________________________________________ 66

HUNTERSHILL SAFARIS/WILDSCHUTZBERG GAME FARM _________________________________ 67

FREE STATE PROVINCE __________________________________________________________________________ 69

LETSATSI LA AFRICA WILD ANIMAL AND PREDATOR PARK _______________________________ 69

BOSKOPPIE LION AND TIGER RESERVE _______________________________________________________ 72

MORESON RANCH _________________________________________________________________________________ 74

BAGAMOYA WILDLIFE ESTATE _________________________________________________________________ 75

LAOHU VALLEY TIGER RESERVE ________________________________________________________________ 76

WAWIELPARK HOLIDAY RESORT ______________________________________________________________ 77

CARING 4 CATZ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 80

OLIVIA GAME LODGE _____________________________________________________________________________ 82

CHEETAU GAME LODGE __________________________________________________________________________ 84

CHEETAH EXPERIENCE (PART OF EMOYA LUXURY HOTEL AND SPA) ____________________ 87

FARM GROENVLEI, HOOPSTAD _________________________________________________________________ 88

MOOIFONTEIN PRIVATE GAME RANCH ________________________________________________________ 89

BLOEMFONTEIN ZOO _____________________________________________________________________________ 92

TIGER CANYON ____________________________________________________________________________________ 95

TAU THABA LION FARM _________________________________________________________________________ 97

KWAZULU NATAL PROVINCE ___________________________________________________________________ 98

NATAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS _________________________________________________________________ 98

WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE ____________________________________________________________________ 103

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CANGO WILDLIFE RANCH _______________________________________________________________________ 103

GEORGE WILDLIFE ANIMAL PARK ____________________________________________________________ 104

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE _____________________________________________________________________ 107

CRADLE OF LIFE __________________________________________________________________________________ 107

UNKNOWN BREEDERS SELLING TIGER CUBS ______________________________________________ 111

INDIVIDUALS KEEPING AND BREEDING TIGERS IN SUBURBAN BACKYARDS ________ 114

FACILITIES REGARDED AS ASIAN BIG CAT SANCTUARIES _______________________________ 115

EMOYA (LIMPOPO) ______________________________________________________________________________ 115

PANTHERA AFRICA BIG CAT SANCTUARY (WESTERN CAPE) _____________________________ 115

DRAKENSTEIN (WESTERN CAPE) _____________________________________________________________ 115

LIONSROCK/FOUR PAWS (FREE STATE) _____________________________________________________ 115

FACILITIES CLAIMING TO BE SANCTUARIES BUT STATUS UNKNOWN ________________ 115

JUKANI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (WESTERN CAPE) __________________________________________ 115

JUGOMARO (GAUTENG) _________________________________________________________________________ 115

WOKUTAKULA (GAUTENG) ____________________________________________________________________ 115

VREDENHEIM BIG CATS PARK (WESTERN CAPE) ___________________________________________ 115

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GAUTENG PROVINCE

RHINO AND LION NATURE RESERVE

TIGERS (BENGAL, SIBERIAN) 520 KROMDRAAI DISTRICT KRUGERSDORP 1739 GAUTENG 1990 - IN OPERATION NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY. EXPORTS TIGERS TO MALAYSIA.

Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve is a privately owned zoo breeding facility for indigenous and exotic wildlife. Owner: Ed Hern. http://www.rhinolion.co.za/ http://www.rhinolion.co.za/category/predators/ (White tigers, Siberian Tigers, Bengal Tigers) https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g1846688-d2277525-i67077668-Rhino_and_Lion_Nature_Reserve-Krugersdorp_Greater_Johannesburg_Gauteng.html (White tiger cubs) https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g1846688-d2277525-i119760240-Rhino_and_Lion_Nature_Reserve-Krugersdorp_Greater_Johannesburg_Gauteng.html (White tiger cubs) https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g1846688-d2277525-i263837272-Rhino_and_Lion_Nature_Reserve-Krugersdorp_Greater_Johannesburg_Gauteng.html (White tiger cubs) https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g1846688-d2277525-i36528735-Rhino_and_Lion_Nature_Reserve-Krugersdorp_Greater_Johannesburg_Gauteng.html (Tiger cub) https://2summers.net/2015/07/22/wild-cats-belong-in-the-wild-animalrightsintourism/

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ZOOLOGICAL LIVE ANIMAL SUPPLIERS/ENDOFAUN ZOO

TIGERS (BENGAL, WHITE)

PLOT 209 NORMAN ROAD NESTPARK BAPSFONTEIN

GAUTENG PROVINCE

1994 - OPEN

NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITING FOR TIGERS.

SELLS LARGE NUMBERS OF TIGER CUBS AND ADULT TIGERS TO THAILAND AND VIETNAM.

MR. MAGILL ALSO EXPORTS LARGE NUMBERS OF PRIMATES TO LABORATORIES IN CHINA.

Zoological Live Animal Suppliers is a private company / close corporation that trades from Endofaun Zoo, which is a privately owned zoo. Both companies are owned by Mr. James Magill.

https://web.archive.org/web/20040902060103/http:/www.endofaun.co.za:80/history.html

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https://www.opengreenmap.org/greenmap/joburg-green-map/endofaun-zoological-gardens-endangered-wildlife-breeding-centre-31293 (At present there are a number of endangered species been bred at the zoo, some of these projects in collaboration with other zoos)

http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/idp/idp/entry/449 (Zoological park. Endangered primate-breeding center) http://www.traveller24.com/News/PICS-Animal-cruelty-revealed-at-Gauteng-zoo-20150505 (The NSPCA’s Wildlife Protection Unit is investigating a case of animal cruelty after receiving a complaint from Ban Animal Trading (BAT), alerting them to animals being kept in dire conditions at the Endofaun Zoo in Bapsfontein, east of Johannesburg) https://lionaid.org/news/2012/11/south-african-wildlife-traders-and-their-vietnamese-and-chinese-clients-a-network-of-deception.htm (Bester is joined on the PAAZAB council by Jimmy Magill (Endofaun Zoo) who shipped two live rhinos to Baoson Tourism and Construction Group in Vietnam and four rhinos to the Changsha Zoo in China. Our sources tell us there are no rhinos at the Changsha Zoo where other animals are kept in deplorable conditions. Where did the rhinos go?) https://www.netwerk24.com/Nuus/Omgewing/dieretuin-ondersoek-nadat-luiperds-vrek-20180130# (Endofaun Zoo is being investigated after the death of two leopards after alleged negligence) http://zoosupplies.co.za/?page_id=261 https://annamiticus.com/2013/10/20/chinas-rhino-horn-farming-scheme-disturbing-details/ (Other companies linked to importing rhinos to China include the Mekong Group, Shin Lin Longhui Wildlife Research Co. Ltd / Longui Pharmaceutical Company, and the Hawk Group (an arms manufacturer, of which Longhui is a subsidiary). On the export side in South Africa, De Cai International, Jimmy Magill, and Thaba Manzi Nature Reserve have been identified)

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(PHOTO CREDIT: BAN ANIMAL TRADING SOUTH AFRICA 2017)

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THE FARM INN

TIGERS (WHITE, BENGAL) PLOT 26 OASIS FARM ZWARTKOPPIES PRETORIA EAST GAUTENG PROVINCE 1980s - IN OPERATION NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS. ALWAYS HAS TIGER CUBS AVAILABLE. SELLS TIGERS TO FACILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA THAT ARE WELL-KNOWN INTERNATIONAL TIGER TRADING FACILITIES.

The Farm Inn is a privately owned zoo facility. Owner: Mr. Pedro Michaletos http://www.farminn.co.za/ (Lion / Tiger Cubs R150.00 for 10 minutes for groups per person – when available. Please enquire with reception. Unfortunately no children under 8 allowed to interact with cub) https://rekordeast.co.za/104931/the-farm-inn-gives-tiger-victim-new-bike/ (The tiger had escaped from The Farm Inn in Silverlakes and attacked the unarmed Shongwani (56) during his ride home at 06:00 on Friday morning 12 August) https://www.travelground.com/accommodation/the-farm-inn-country-hotel

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BESTER BIRDS AND ANIMAL ZOO PARK

TIGERS 44 SIMON VERMOOTEN ROAD WILLOW GLEN PRETORIA GAUTENG PROVINCE 1980 - IN OPERATION NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS. EXPORTS TIGERS TO THAILAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, USA. DESTINATIONS ARE QUESTIONABLE.

Bester Birds and Animal Zoo Park is a privately owned zoo. Owner: Mr. Michael / Mike Bester. Mr. Bester is a notorious animal trader, who hides behind the façade of his so-called zoo, which is, in fact, only a breeding centre and drop-off point for animals to be exported to questionable destinations. https://www.besterbirdsanimals.co.za/ https://lionaid.org/news/2012/11/south-african-wildlife-traders-and-their-vietnamese-and-chinese-clients-a-network-of-deception.htm#sthash.9k9HOMI1.dpuf (Let’s now go back to the millionaire private animal collector in Vietnam, Mr Than. He sourced his rhinos and tigers to be exported from Mike Bester in South Africa. Bester runs a small zoo in Pretoria (which has been described by one visitor as "shocking conditions and very unsafe" on Hellopeter.com) and he also has an export company “specializing in the international translocation of non-domestic animals and birds”) http://archives.newsday.co.tt/2014/03/23/big-cats-star-at-emperor-valley-zoo/ (The animals comprise a couple - a male and female rare White Bengal Tigers, one orange coloured tiger, one female white lioness and another female normal coloured lioness. The tigers are between the ages of 15 to 21 months old and weight between 100 to 150 kilos, while the lionesses are five and eight months old and weigh about 50 kilos each. The tigers were acquired at a cost of US$25,000 each) https://www.ippl.org/newsletter/2000s/099_v33_n2_2006-09.pdf (In May 2006, six U.S. zoos, led by San Diego Zoo, imported a group of 33 monkeys from South Africa. The monkeys belonged to five species not native to South Africa: eight Schmidt’s spot-nosed guenons, six Allen’s swamp monkeys, eight black mangabeys, six De Brazza’s monkeys, and five Wolf’s monkeys. According to the 8 May 2006 issue of the Los Angeles Times, the zoos had paid a South African animal dealer named Mike Bester $400,000 for the monkeys. Bester reportedly procured the

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animals from a South African businessman, not identified in the article, who had purchased them from markets in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)) https://www.journeyman.tv/film_documents/3665/transcript/ (Ape smuggling) JOHANNESBURG ZOO

TIGERS (SIBERIAN, BENGAL)

JAN SMUTS & UPPER PARK DRIVE PARKVIEW JOHANNESBURG 2193 +27 11 646 2000 GAUTENG PROVINCE 1904 – IN OPERATION NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS.

BREEDS TIGERS AS PART OF A ‘CONSERVATION’ PROGRAM.

Johannesburg Zoo is owned and managed by City Parks, which is a Gauteng provincial department. The zoo lost its WAZA and PAAZA accreditation after being found guilty of violating PAAZA’s Code of Ethics. Johannesburg Zoo’s “accreditation” was reinstated at the end of 2017. http://www.jhbzoo.org.za/conservation.asp (The very low population means Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo has made aggressive efforts to continue to protect their environment, continue good genetic breeding and to allow these animals to survive. The Johannesburg Zoo successfully bred Siberian Tiger Cubs in April 2016) http://www.jhbcityparks.com/index.php/news-mainmenu-56/1394-tiger-cubs (We are proud to introduce to you our four new adorable pounces. These playful parent-reared cubs were born at the Zoo on 25 April 2016 and closely monitored by our zoo staff during the winter season. As we welcome spring, the cubs are now ready to discover the world. Siberian Tigers are listed as endangered animals on IUCN’s red list due to the terrible surge of poaching and habitat loss. Adopt one or all of our tiger cubs and contribute to our conservation programme) https://mg.co.za/article/2017-05-26-00-joburg-zoo-runs-a-wild-business https://africageographic.com/blog/sanctions-to-be-imposed-on-johannesburg-zoo-due-to-sitatunga-incident/ https://boksburgadvertiser.co.za/213057/johannesburg-zoo-loses-accreditation/ The animals were allegedly donated from the Prague Zoo to the Johannesburg Zoo. PAAZA took the action after it found that the Zoo had violated their Code of Ethics.

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More troubling, says Sifumba, the Zoo was found guilty of wilful misrepresentation as they abused their standing in PAAZA and WAZA (World Association of Zoos and Aquaria) to assist a commercial facility in securing the deal and, thereby, providing the Zoo with two Sitatunga’s at minimal cost. According to Sifumba, Johannesburg Zoo did not comply with local requirements for the importation of animals from Europe.

LORY PARK ZOO

TIGERS 180 /1 KRUGER ROAD PRESIDENT PARK MIDRAND +27 11 315 7303 GAUTENG PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS – AT LEAST 2

CLAIMS TO BE A CITES REGISTERED BREEDING FACILITY FOR ALL ANIMAL SPECIES. HOWEVER NOT LISTED ON CITES WEBSITE.

Lory Park Zoo is a privately owned facility that breeds many different animal species and sells / donates the animals to South African facilities that are well-known hunting destinations. Owner: Mr. Eddy van Eck. https://www.lorypark.co.za/

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INGWE WILDLIFE CENTRE

TIGERS 14 SUNSET DRIVE PRESEIDENT RANCH SPRINGS +27 82 600 6069 yadie@africaexoctics.co.za GAUTENG PROVINCE CLOSED JANUARY 2016 – ANIMALS ARE STILL AT THE CENTRE, BUT NOW UNDER THE NAME OF AFRICA EXOTICS. NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT A REGISTERED CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR ASIAN BIG CATS.

Privately owned and managed facility. Ties with Letsatsi La Africa. Owner: Ms. Yadie Schutte. Ties with Letsatsi La Africa (See point page) https://ingwewildlifecentre.com/ (Ingwe Wildlife Centre breed lions, take their young from the mothers and buys and sells exotic animals. That is not the practice of a REAL sanctuary)

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https://yellowhellohello.wordpress.com/2015/02/21/more-bullshit-from-the-owner-and-her-supporters-at-ingwe-wildlife-centre-buntle-ba-africa/ https://www.facebook.com/Ingwe-Wildlife-Centre-464372693632746/ http://www.africaexotics.co.za https://www.facebook.com/pg/Africa-Exotics-561370930706326/about/?ref=page_internal NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

TIGERS (BENGAL, WHITE) 232 BOOM STREET DASPOORT 319-JR PRETORIA 0001 +27 12 339 2700 GAUTENG PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT LISTED ON CITES WEBSITE AS A BREEDING FACILITY FOR ASIAN BIG CATS.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/NZGPretoria/photos/?ref=page_internal

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMashlFibJE (Pretoria Zoo recently showed off its new arrivals, three rare White Tiger cubs born four months ago) 2015 https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/white-tiger-cubs-get-all-touchy-feely-at-zoo-1301342 (The two white Bengal tiger cubs born recently at a private zoo north of the city) 2012 http://www.nzg.ac.za/newsletter/issues/23/02.php (Meet Winston - the zoo's newest resident: a white tiger. It is the first time in 12 years that the National Zoo again houses one of these magnificent animals. Aged four years, Winston weighs a formable 189kg. Winston was received from a facility in Oudtshoorn) http://ir.nrf.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10907/77/001zoo962p001.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (Tiger breeding programme boosted by 2 births) 1996

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

MYSTIC MONKEYS AND FEATHERS

Mystic Monkeys and Feathers is a privately owned zoo, run by Ms. Christa Saayman. The zoo is situated on the border of two provinces, i.e. Limpopo Province and Gauteng Province. The main purpose of this private zoo is the international trade in all species of animals, and particularly tigers. Most of the destinations are questionable.

TIGERS (SIBERIAN, BENGAL, WHITE) FARM BUFFELSDRIFT, BELA BELA 0480 LIMPOPO PROVINCE ± 2009 - OPEN

NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED WITH CITES AS A BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS.

EXPORTS TIGERS TO INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS ZOOS IN CHINA, EGYPT, PAKISTAN, TANZANIA, THAILAND, VIETNAM. DESTINATIONS ARE QUESTIONABLE.

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Ms. Saayman appears to have enough tigers in captivity to be in the position to export more than 15 tigers cubs (between 5 and 8 months old) at a time, while keeping even more tiger cubs at her zoo for the purpose of interacting with the public. Below are website links about Mystic Monkeys and Feathers, including links to articles that mention suspected illicit trading by this zoo. http://mysticmonkeys.co.za/ https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g6537511-d1931110-i150961457-Mystic_Monkeys_and_Feathers_ZOO-Rust_de_Winter_Limpopo_Province.html https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/ShowUserReviews-g6537511-d1931110-r503649774-Mystic_Monkeys_and_Feathers_ZOO-Rust_de_Winter_Limpopo_Province.html https://annamiticus.com/2012/08/15/rhinos-from-south-africa-to-vietnam-via-thailand/ (The name of the importer listed on the CITES permit application is “Bangkok Bird Park Breeding & Research Centre (2000)” in Thailand, and the exporter is listed as “Mystic Monkeys & Feathers Wild Animal Park” in South Africa. It is suspected at the time of this rhino arrived in Bangkok on August 3rd and continued to Ho Chi Minh City the following day.) http://shirleyaung.blogspot.co.za/2016/10/farming-edangered-species-to-extinction.html (To get around restrictions it appears that Thailand is being used as a transit point by others so that exports to Vietnam can continue without detection. Bangkok Bird Park Breeding and Research Centre is listed as the importer on an application to export white rhino to Thailand in 2012. The shipper is listed as Bester Birds and Animal Zoo Park CC. A Thai Cargo air waybill shows that rhinos were sent from Johannesburg to Ho Chi Minh City via Bangkok. The exporter listed was Mystic Monkeys and Feathers Wild Animal Park in South Africa) https://m.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Report-explains-animal-deaths-20110310 https://mg.co.za/article/2012-07-26-south-africa-at-core-of-illicit-ape-trade (But Wiek said he had no idea where the "Bangkok bird park" was and the address given on the paperwork for the sale "is just a piece of land with no buildings on it at all in the middle of Bangkok". Mongkol was a private individual and the bird park was "probably a fake company registered as a zoo to facilitate imports", he said) https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/pretoria-news/20120130/281530812912510 (Rare White Tiger Cub draws crowds to wild park. Lazily clawing and growling at each other, the latest arrivals at Mystic Monkeys and Feathers Wildlife Park, two Bengal tiger cubs, are unaware of the hype their arrival has caused. As the third litter born at the zoo, the arrival of Ajax and Aslan last month should have been nothing out of the

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SONDELA NATURE RESERVE AND SPA

TIGERS

FARM TWEEFONTEIN 426 KR BELA BELA 0480 LIMPOPO PROVINCE

OPEN

NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS.

THIS FACILITY OFTEN HAS TIGER CUBS, BUT THEY DO NOT STAY AT THIS NATURE RESERVE.

Sondela Nature Reserve and Spa is a privately owned facility for wildlife https://sondela.com/home/

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https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/7737481

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MBIDI LODGE – RAMELA RANCH

TIGERS

STOFFBERG ROAD LOSKOPDAM +27 79 887 9366 LIMPOPO PROVINCE

OPEN

NUMBER OF TIGERS – AT LEAST 3

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS.

OFTEN HAS TIGER CUBS WHO DISAPPEAR AFTER A FEW MONTHS.

Mbidi Lodge (Ramela Ranch) is a privately owned wildlife facility. Owner: Mr. Willi Fourie http://www.ramelaranch.co.za/

http://www.ramelaranch.co.za/mbidi.html

https://www.facebook.com/carteblanchetv/posts/1056868581022731

https://mobserver.co.za/42639/us-volunteer-details-mbidi-animal-abuse-2/

https://mobserver.co.za/43262/limpopo-parks-to-investigate-mbidi/

https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/ShowUserReviews-g1165248-d8505070-r510865334-MBIDI_Resort_Animal_Sanctuary-Middelburg_Mpumalanga.html

https://mobserver.co.za/9791/boy-attacked-by-mbidi-tiger/ https://www.facebook.com/mbidilodge/

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https://www.facebook.com/RamelaRanch/

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ZEBULA GOLF ESTATE AND SPA

TIGERS (BENGAL) FARM 534 MABULA BELA BELA 0480 +27 14 734 7700 LIMPOPO PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS.

CLAIMS TO BE PART OF A BENGAL TIGER BREEDING PROGRAMME.

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Zebula Golf Estate and Spa is a privately owned facility that claims to be part of a Bengal Tiger Breeding Program. http://zebula.co.za/ https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/ShowUserReviews-g659283-d4295413-r208229468-Zebula_Golf_Course-Bela_Bela_Limpopo_Province.html (Play with baby tigers - You can get in a cage with baby tigers. For me and the kids, it was a highlight of a three week trip. The staff is friendly and the tigers are a blast! It was incredible to be able to play with the tigers and lions. It is SO worth the time to drive there and the money. You can do the elephant experience as well.

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Tame-Bengal-tiger-attacks-young-boy-20110718 (Zebula is actually part of the Bengal Tiger Breeding program, and assist in repopulating a dying breed. The cubs are always with a ranger or two, and people with little'uns are told to be careful, as Tigers or any big cat for that matter will attack anything smaller than itself. Also at 5 Months they are taken away from the public) https://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/761462-Tiger-cub-Zebula-Lodge

https://www.businesstravellerafrica.co.za/hotel-check-zebula-golf-estate-spa/ https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g659283-d2273165-i43954170-Protea_Hotel_by_Marriott_Zebula_Lodge-Bela_Bela_Limpopo_Province.html

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https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g659283-d2273165-i57620144-Protea_Hotel_by_Marriott_Zebula_Lodge-Bela_Bela_Limpopo_Province.html

EVENTIERIA WILDLIFE PARK

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TIGERS (BENGAL, SIBERIAN) 30 KILOMETRES FROM VAALWATER ON THE MELKRIVER ROAD +27 83 453 9404 LIMPOPO PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS – AT LEAST 9

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES TIGER BREEDING FACILITY. KNOWN INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE TRADER. ALSO TRADES AS MPATAMACHA VAALWATER.

Eventieria Wildlife Park is a privately owned zoo. The owner, Mr. Erich Venter, supplies wild-caught baboons to local laboratories. Owner: Mr. Erich Venter http://eventieria.com/ http://eventieria.com/index.php/meet-the-family-animals/

https://www.facebook.com/eventieria/

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LIMPOPO PREDATOR PARK

TIGERS MAIN STREET ALLDAYS 0909 -22.676262, 29.093899 +27 71 608 7843 LIMPOPO PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT A CITES REGISTERED BREEDING FACILITY FOR BIG CATS.

Limpopo Predator Park is a privately owned breeding and zoo facility. Both Ingogo Safaris, a hunting business, and the predator park, are owned by Mr. Walter Slippers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABNiZ0QtMQk

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https://africageographic.com/blog/breaking-news-wild-leopards-captured-hunting-walter-slippers-farm/ (There were seven wild leopards in a concrete shed at the back of their house. The leopards were separated by two rooms – both of no more than 6m² each. The animals were aggressive, scared and several were injured – it was terrifying. I’m afraid I vomited on the spot I was so horrified. I had heard a truck late at night leaving and returning, and I was told by two of the workers that Walter would get phone calls from farmers with problem leopards and go to trap them and put them in this shed for American hunters to shoot in hunting season)

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http://www.sapredators.co.za/n8/sapa-media-releases/sapa-deeply-concerned-over-state-of-malnourished-lions-in-limpopo.html (The South African Predator Association has learnt with great dismay of the appalling predicament of the lions belonging to, as far as our information stretches, Mr Walter Slippers of Ingogo Safaris in Limpopo) http://www.traveller24.com/Explore/Green/pics-limpopo-lion-breeder-warned-about-cruelty-of-underweight-lions-20160708 (Photos of what appears to be severely malnourished lions have gone viral, raising the controversial practice of canned lion breeding once again. The lions, owned by Walter Slippers who runs three operations, a breeding farm, a hunting farm and a coffee shop in Alldays, have sparked outrage across various social media platforms)

TIGERS BELONGING TO MR. WALTER SLIPPERS BEING TRANSPORTED TO LETSATSI LA AFRICA. FROM THERE THE TIGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO VOI LODGE (CONFIRMED BY FREE STATE NATURE CONSERVATION)

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(PHOTO CREDITS: BAN ANIMAL TRADING SOUTH AFRICA, 2017)

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MARAKELE PREDATOR PARK TZANEEN

TIGERS (BENGAL) 0380 THABAZIMBI LIMPOPO PROVINCE +27 (0)82 323 2456 +27 (0)71 597 7752 OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT A CITES REGISTERED BREEDING FACILITY FOR ASIAN BIG CATS.

Privately owned facility. Owners: Emma & Michael Hodge https://www.marakeleanimalsanctuary.co.za/

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https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marakele-Predator-CentreThabazimbi/184979404988072

LETABA RIVER LODGE ECO PARK (ALSO KNOWN AS TZANEEN LION AND PREDATOR PARK) TIGERS (BENGAL, WHITE) -23.828706 Longitude: 30.219525 TZANEEN +27 76 991 1111 OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT A CITES REGISTERED BREEDING FACILITY FOR ASIAN BIG CATS.

https://www.facebook.com/Letaba-River-Lodge-Eco-Park-100755170034258/

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CAESAR’S BUSH PALACE AND WATERBERG PREDATOR PARK

TIGERS 57 MATJIESGOEDFONTEIN VAALWATER +27 83 267 7016 OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT A CITES REGISTERED BREEDING FACILITY FOR ASIAN BIG CATS.

Owners: Arthur and Roselda Behrens http://www.bushpalace.co.za/wmenu.php (The park has a diversity of species including, Lions, Tigers, Jaguars, Caracal, Wolves and South Africas pride, the sacred White Lion and many more which can be seen during your guided tour. We also have a volunteer program to let guests assist in the care and handling of the awsome cats. Especially when it comes to pyjama drill when there is new babies to be cared for. Nothing cuter than a baby lion or tiger) https://www.facebook.com/caesarsbushpalace/

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LESHOKA THABANG GAME RESERVE

TIGERS S 24° 35' 50.35" E 29° 4' 43.39 ROEDTAN LIMPOPO PROVINCE OPEN +27 15 667 0501

http://thebeat.linmedia.co.za/articles/news/39164/2016-10-13/lions-and-tigers-killed-on-farm https://iwbond.org/2017/06/13/are-the-lions-in-south-africa-safe/ (2016, September 28: Poachers attack a farm, Leshoka Thabang, in the Roedtan area and poisoned two male lions and a female tiger, as well as the tiger’s cub. The animals were poisoned using Temik. The farm was owned by Johan van Zyl who died in a car accident on 10 September, 2016. He was one of South Africa’s biggest rhino breeders. Albert van der Westhuizen now lives on the farm, and Johan van Zyl’s life partner also still stays on the property. On April 27, 2006, Chris van Wyk and a Vietnamese client, Nguyen Tien Hoang, were involved in a pseudo-hunt of a white rhino. The hunt took place on Leshoka Thabang, and permission to hunt the rhino was given by Johan van Zyl. Chris van Wyk’s father-in-law shot the rhino four times for the Vietnamese client. He is not a registered professional hunter, and did not have a permit to hunt the rhino. In April, 2013, sixty-six rhino horns worth almost $3 million USD were stolen from the farm. Four white rhino were also poached on the property in 2013. On 11 June, 2002, Kimberly Thomen, a 34 year old woman from Sugarland, Texas was mauled by a lion at the Leshoka Thabang Game Lodge. Thomen was stroking the lion at the time of her attack. 2017, May 28: The head and legs of 2 Bengal tigers were cut off at a game farm outside Roedtan in LP, after being poisoned. The tigers were poached on Johan van Zyl’s farm. Van Zyl’s daughter said the tigers were about two years old. The incident was reported to the Roedtan police. Nobody has been arrested yet)

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NORTH WEST PROVINCE KUDU’S RUS GAME LODGE AND PREDATOR PARK

TIGERS (BENGAL) PORTION 19 OF 1 PLAAS WATERVAL RUSTENBURG NORTH WEST PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS. BREEDS LARGE NUMBERS OF TIGERS.

Kudu’s Rus is a privately owned game lodge, managed and owned by Mr. Francois Greeff. https://www.facebook.com/pg/KudusRus/photos/?ref=page_internal

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http://www.kudusrus.co.za/index.php/gallery https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/travel/travel-news/lion-attack-5-lions-maul-sydney-teenager-in-a-south-african-game-reserve-as-family-warns-tourists-of-dangers/news-story/78d70c4091cb5969e0b06a1239f2e3f6 (The western Sydney family is reliving the trauma of almost losing their daughter Neha in the lion attack at Kudu’s Rus Game Lodge and Predator Park outside Johannesburg after an American woman was fatally mauled by a lion this week) http://thetravelrebellion.com/love-lions-you-need-to-read-this-expose/ (Supplying canned hunting. Tigers are exotic animals in South Africa, and no permit is required to keep or hunt them in most provinces in South Africa. This means we have no idea whether tigers are being hunted at Kudu’s Rus) http://www.kudusrus.co.za/index.php/component/k2/item/8-volunteer-programme

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THE LAKE PREDATOR PARK

TIGERS (WHITE, BENGAL) PLOT 90 DE RUST SKEERPOORT R512 SAME ROAD AS PECANWOOD GOLF ESTATE +27 82 376 0549 NORTH WEST PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS. BREEDS TIGERS FOR TRADE.

The Lake Predator Park is a privately owned zoo and breeding facility. Owner: Ms. Brenda Roth. https://www.facebook.com/pg/The-Lake-Predator-Park-811742115534610/photos/?ref=page_internal

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http://www.lakepredatorpark.co.za/wgallerydisplay.php?album_id=246660&photo_id=405054 AKWAABA LODGE AND PREDATOR PARK

TIGERS (SIBERIAN) KOSTER ROAD DOORNLAAGTE RUSTENBURG +27(0)71 731 7103 +27(0)83 282 9786 info@akwaabalodge.co.za NORTH WEST PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS. SELLS TIGERS CUBS IN SOUTH AFRICA TO INDIVIDUALS. ALSO OFFERS TIGERS CUBS TO INDIVIDUALS TO RAISE, AND THEN TAKES THEM BACK INTO THE BREEDING FACILITY. TIGERS DISAPPEAR. OFFERS TIGER CUB PETTING. KNOWN HUNTING FACILITY.

Akwaaba Lodge & Predator Park is a privately owned predator breeding and hunting facility. Owner: Mr. Nazeer Cajee

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http://www.akwaabalodge.co.za/cp/21790/our-vision-amp-mission

https://www.facebook.com/akwaabalodgeandpark/

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BONA BONA GAME LODGE/GAME BREEDERS

TIGERS SITUATED 50KM SOUTH-WEST OF KLERKSDORP (27°1‘12’‘S and 26°13’45’’E), ADJACENT TO THE N12 TREASURE ROUTE IN THE DIRECTION OF WOLMARANSSTAD 27(0)18 451 1188 071 674 9969 / 072 908 5730 NORTH WEST PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS.

Bona Bona Game Lodge is a privately owned predator breeding facility. Owner: Pieter Ernst. http://www.bonabona.co.za/

http://www.bonabona.co.za/activities/ (Our predator camp consists of lions, tigers ….) https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/Hotel_Review-g7287888-d4547944-Reviews-Bona_Bona_Game_Lodge-Wolmaransstad_North_West_Province.html#photos;aggregationId=&albumid=107&filter=7

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KLEIN BUISFONTEIN RANCH

TIGERS (WHITE, BENGAL)

2570 HARTBEESFONTEIN 26°51'46.9"S 26°40'14.7"E 083 306 0125 NORTH WEST PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS.

ALWAYS HAS TIGER CUBS AVAILABLE.

SELLS ADULT TIGERS AND TIGERS CUBS TO THE PUBLIC AND HUNTING FACILITIES.

Klein Buisfontein is a privately owned wildlife breeding facility. Owners: Colin & Marisa Engelbrecht. http://www.kleinbuisfontein.co.za/about-us/ (Klein Buisfontein Ranch has a commitment to the improvement and diversity of genetics in their breeding herds and strives to achieve this through the use of pure genetics which is the key to breeding excellence. Endangered predators include: Black- and Brown Leopard, Black- and Brown Jaguar, Cheetah, White lion, White- and Brown Bengal Tigers, Black Footed Cats & Serval) https://www.google.co.za/search?q=klein+buisfontein+ranch&sa=N&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwithPmYiMHZAhUsIcAKHTVMBvA4ChCwBAgw&biw=1440&bih=759#imgrc=_

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VOI LODGE – DKC TRADING

TIGERS RENOSTERHOEK KLERKSDORP NORTH WEST PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT A CITES REGISTERED TIGER BREEDING FACILITY. EXPORTS TIGERS TO VIETNAM (VINPEARL SAFARI PARK). LINKED TO CRIMINAL SYNDICATES IN VIETNAM.

Voi Lodge/DKC Trading is a private breeding facility for tigers and rhinos (Owner: Michael Chu/Chu Dang Kua). According to a 2015 Report (Bones of Contention) they have more than 50 tigers.

https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/fm-fox/2016-07-15-the-crooks-behind-rhino-slaughter/

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https://conservationaction.co.za/resources/reports/failure-prosecute-mixed-messages-south-africa-can-single-handedly-lose-second-rhino-war/ (In December 2016, it was reported that five rhinos had been shot in a boma, while awaiting export to Vietnam.24 The boma was on a farm owned by a purported Vietnamese rhino horn syndicate operating under the name DKC Trading and headed up by Michael Chu. Tigers have also been canned hunted at the farm, and it has been alleged that their bones may have been exported as “lion bones) http://firstthing.dailymaverick.co.za/article?id=78736#.WpLQMRNubOQ (Numerous other high-profile individuals come up in the reports: diamond tycoon Michael Chu, aka Chu Đăng Khoa; key player in the Vietnamese zoo Vinpearl Safari’s attempts to purchase white rhino, and head honcho at DKC Trading, which owns a 924ha farm in South Africa’s North West Province – where up to 50 tigers and several lions are kept in captivity, and at least three rhino hunts have taken place. “Aside from Chu Đăng Khoa, a number of key individuals linked to DKC Trading and Voi Lodge participated in alleged pseudo-hunts,” writes Rademeyer. A guide working at Voi Lodge vehemently denied the allegation) https://eia-international.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Lions-Share-FINAL.pdf (A Vietnamese businessman in South Africa, Chu Dang Khoa (also known as Michael Chu), was convicted in South Africa for rhino poaching and illegal possession of rhino horn. His company, DKC, owns Voi Game Lodge in North West Province, which is reported to have 50 tigers, with evidence of at least one tiger being killed in November 2013. Allegations have been made that bones obtained from captive tigers from this facility have been fraudulently exported as lion bones) LION AND TIGER PARK AT CHAMELEON VILLAGE

TIGERS (WHITE BENGAL) CHAMELEON VILLAGE DAMDORYN HARTBEESPOORTDAM S 25 43 35.5 E 27 49 35.5 +27 73 183 1795 NORTH WEST PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS – AT LEAST 2

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES TIGER BREEDING FACILITY. HAS A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF TIGER CUBS. OFFER TIGER CUB PETTING.

The Lion and Tiger Park at Chameleon Village is a privately owned zoo and breeding facility. https://www.facebook.com/chameleonlionpark/

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HARTBEESPOORT DAM SNAKE AND ANIMAL PARK TIGERS 1 SCOTT STREET HARTBEESPOORTDAM 02161 20°40'69"S -27°51'6"E NORTH WEST PROVINCE 1978 - OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS – AT LEAST 2

Hartbeespoort Dam Snake and Animal Park is a privately owned zoo and breeding facility. Owner: Mr. Jack Seal www.hartbeespoortsnakeanimalpark.co.za

https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/Attraction_Review-g780944-d2718414-Reviews-Hartbeespoort_Dam_Snake_and_Animal_Park-

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Hartbeespoort_North_West_Province.html#photos;aggregationId=101&albumid=101&filter=7&ff=201969033

UKUTULA LODGE

TIGERS (BENGAL) PORTION 26 OF THE FARM KLIPKOP JQ 411 BRITS 0250 +12 254 4780 NORTH WEST PROVINCE 2006 - OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES TIGER BREEDING FACILITY. HAS A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF TIGER CUBS. OFFERS TIGER CUB PETTING.

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Ukutula Lodge is a privately owned lion and tiger breeding facility. This facility has been inspected by Animal Welfare Organisations for alledged animal cruelty. (Owner: Mr. Willi Jacobs) http://lodge.ukutula.co.za/ukutula/schools/ (Guided tour to lion, cheetah and tiger enclosures) https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g2205639-d2197370-i73560112-Ukutula_Lion_Park-Brits_North_West_Province.html

https://africageographic.com/blog/truth-volunteering-lions/ https://za.pinterest.com/pin/556053885212870610/

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http://www.bloodlions.org/us-volunteer-speaks-out-cubs-hired-for-parties-and-events-ukutula/ https://www.facebook.com/notes/842278942486270/ (UKUTULA Lion Park & Lodge - www.ukutula.com | Breeding intensively and selling probably to intermediaries. The lions start disappearing from Ukutula when they are 2-3 years old and they can no longer be used for "walks" and the owners refuse to disclose the buyers)

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RAJAN’S PREDATOR CAMP

TIGERS

GROOT MARICO 2850 +27 71 895 1321 NORTH WEST PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT A CITES REGISTERED FACILITY FOR TIGER BREEDING.

EXPORTS TIGERS INTERNATIONALLY.

Rajan’s Predator Camp is a privately owned zoo. Owner: Mr. Baboo Rajan http://www.grootmaricotourism.co.za/rajans-predator-camp-marico/ JABULA BIG CAT SANCTUARY

TIGERS (SIBERIAN) PORTION 68 FARM ZANDFONTEIN BOONS RUSTENBURG +27 72 982 4003 NORTH WEST PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS – AT LEAST 2

Owner Craig Busch is accused of animal cruelty, convicted on two charges of assaulting his former partner, unlawfully retaining property etc.

Privately owned facility. Owner: Mr. Craig Busch. http://www.jabula.tv/index.html http://www.jabula.tv/cats.html

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https://africageographic.com/blog/claws-out-over-lion-man-craig-buschs-new-park-in-south-africa/ https://www.facebook.com/Jabula-Big-Cat-Sanctuary-751358214993562/ http://www.traveller24.com/Explore/Green/controversial-lion-man-sues-bccsa-for-carte-blanche-expose-20160908 (The controversial reality TV star Craig Busch, or The Lion Man as he calls himself, has laid a complaint with Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) for a TV report showing him abusing lions and other animals on his South African game farm, Jabula Big Cat Sanctuary in Rustenburg) http://zoonewsdigest.blogspot.co.za/2016/09/zoo-news-digest-19th-september-2016.html PREDATOR WORLD http://www.predatorworld.co.za/

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TIGERS (BENGAL) R55 SOUTH VILLAGE 0316 HARTBEESPOORT DAM +27 14 552 6900 +27 76 817 6869 NORTH WEST PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

PREDATORS PRIDE TIGERS HARTBEESPOORT R 104 PLOT 389 0216 HARTBEESPOORT +27 82 201 0493 NORTH WEST PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT A CITES REGISTERED BREEDING FACILITY FOR ASIAN BIG CATS.

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https://www.facebook.com/pridevenue/

GLEN AFRIC TIGERS

144 R512 BROEDERSTROOM HARTBEESPOORT 0240 +27 82 781 2597 NORTH WEST PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT A CITES REGISTERED BREEDING FACILITY FOR ASIAN BIG CATS.

http://www.volunteering.org.za/wildlife-sanctuary/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/GlenAfricVolunteerExperienceGave/photos/?ref=page_internal

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EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE EAST LONDON ZOO

TIGERS BEACONSFIELD ROAD PARKSIDE EAST LONDON 5201 +27 43 722 1171 EASTERN CAPE 1936 – IN OPERATION NUMBER OF TIGERS – AT LEAST 2

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS.

The East London Zoo is owned and managed by the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality. The cruel conditions and the poor health of the animals at this zoo have been reported in the media. http://www.el-zoo.co.za/ http://www.el-zoo.co.za/animals/

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http://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2018/01/23/east-london-residents-still-outraged-zoo-conditions/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=ZYAB6c3GHX4 http://www.traveller24.com/Explore/Green/shockwildlifetruths-east-london-zoo-under-fire-for-animal-cruelty-as-petition-to-close-it-down-underway-20180123 http://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/calls-close-east-london-zoo-mount/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I70X3_byTgk (Tiger cub in 2010) KWANTU GAME RESERVE

TIGERS (BENGAL) GPS : 33° 25' 0.68" S / 26° 10' 2.89" E +27 42 203 1400 EASTERN CAPE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT A CITES REGISTERED BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS. THEY HAVE SHIPPED TIGERS TO CHINA.

Kwantu Game Reserve is a privately owned facility. Owner: Mr. Shakeer Jeeva) https://kwantu.co.za/kwantu-game-reserve/bengal-tiger-sanctuary/ https://kwantu.co.za/kwantu-volunteering/

https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g804215-d789436-i21312980-Kwantu_Private_Game_Reserve-Sidbury_Eastern_Cape.html

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https://www.facebook.com/notes/842278942486270/ (Kwantu Game Reserve - www.kwantu.co.za | They are breeding lions and tigers, rumors of connection to hunting. Offered interactions with lion and tiger cubs in the past. Some of their tigers were shipped to China, alleged elephant abuse, evidence of bull hook use by handlers. IMPROVEMENT REPORTED: NO MORE INTERACTIONS WITH LION AND TIGER CUBS OFFERED AND NO MORE ELEPHANT RIDES)

THE LION PARK (EAST LONDON)

TIGERS (BENGAL, WHITE) 108 SEAVIEW FARM ROAD THORN PARK EAST LONDON 5021 tel: 043 7307161 EASTERN CAPE IN OPERATION NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT A REGISTERED CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS. OFFERS TIGER CUB PETTING.

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Owner: Mr. Mark Johnson https://www.eastlondon.org.za/lionpark.html http://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2015/07/08/lions-park-owners-irate-over-cut-fence/ https://www.facebook.com/The-Lion-Park-141441182684942/

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SEAVIEW PREDATOR PARK

TIGERS (SIBERIAN, WHITE BENGAL, GOLDEN BENGAL) LOWER SEAVIEW ROAD SEAVIEW PORT ELIZABETH 6611 EASTERN CAPE 1970 – OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS – AT LEAST 10

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS.

BREEDS TIGERS AND SELLS TO OTHER TIGER BREEDING FACILITIES.

Seaview Predator Park is a privately owned zoo in Port Elizabeth. Owners: Janice & Rusty Gibb. https://www.seaviewpredatorpark.com/visit-us

https://www.seaviewpredatorpark.com/predators

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http://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2016/08/13/controversial-reserve-sale/ (The park’s management came under fire from environmentalists in 2014 after an investigation in Weekend Post’s sister newspaper The Herald revealed that lions and tigers were being sold to farms known for hunting and the exporting of animal bones. One of the hunting farms was linked to the Laos-based Xaysavang Network, which has been described as “one of the most prolific international wildlife trafficking syndicates in operation”)

http://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2014/09/09/seaview-lions-bred-hunting-parks/ (LIONS and tigers from Port Elizabeth’s Seaview Predator Park are being sold to game farms known for hunting and the exporting of animal bones. Two tigers have been sent from the park to South Africa’s leading bone exporter, Letsatsi la Africa, in the Free State since 2008, and nine lions were sent last year. Tam Safaris exported 32 lion carcasses to Vietnam in 2011, 738kg of lion bones and teeth in 2012 and 459kg of lion bones, claws and teeth last year) https://www.rnews.co.za/article/port-elizabeth-s-seaview-predator-park-cleared-in-tiger-attack

HUNTERSHILL SAFARIS/WILDSCHUTZBERG GAME FARM

TIGERS (WHITE, BENGAL) 31°47'09.7"S 26°27'40.7"E +27 (45) 966 9789 EASTERN CAPE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

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Huntershill Safaris / Wildschutzberg Game Farm is a privately owned hunting facility. Owner: Mr. Greg Harvey (+27 86 503 6377)

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http://www.huntershillsafaris.co.za (In 2015, Huntershill acquired a second game farm, Rocklands’ near Fort Beaufort, about an hour’s drive from the main farm. The diverse terrain is home to over 70 different animal species, including many rarely seen species of buck from all over the world. We have rhino, cheetah, buffalo, hippo, brown and spotted hyena, wild dogs, leopard, tigers and lions for viewing, including magnificent white lions and white tigers)

FREE STATE PROVINCE

LETSATSI LA AFRICA WILD ANIMAL AND PREDATOR PARK

TIGERS (WHITE, SIBERIAN & BENGAL TIGERS) VIERFONTEIN DISTRICT 2615 +27 72 215 2433 FREE STATE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS. SELLS TIGERS ON THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET.

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http://llafrica.co.za/ http://llafrica.co.za/breeding-project/ (Letsatsi la Africa, besides its predator park, is mainly active in breeding animals (we sell in South Africa and export worldwide) http://volunteer.llafrica.co.za/ (We have various breeding programs and do international in- and export of live animals, buy and sell live animals locally and are in the tourism industry by providing guided game tours for day visitors and accommodation.)

https://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/643924-Article-Breeding-factory-for-trophy-hunters (Letsatsi la Africa has been linked to the Laos-based Xaysavang Network by former Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa. The network has also been described as "one of the most prolific international wildlife trafficking syndicates in operation" by US Secretary of State John Kerry) https://iwbond.org/2016/07/15/lion-crisis/ (In 2007, A. W. Brothers, a company based in Pakistan purchased six lions at $600 a head and two tigers at $700 each from Letsatsi La Africa. These animals were illegally imported into the country. In 2008 Kobus van der Westhuizen asked Jurg Olsen, owner of the Jukani Wildlife Predator Park in Mossel Bay, to help him import four white tigers from the Elmvale Zoo in Canada. At the time Van der Westhuizen did not have the necessary import permits, to do so, he had to use Jurg Olsen to obtain the tigers) https://annamiticus.com/2012/07/05/south-africa-more-tiger-breeding-questions/ (Apparently, van der Westhuizen was issued permits in 2009 to export an unspecified number of live tigers to a “HRH Sheik Ahmed Naser” in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — a transit route increasingly used by wildlife traffickers to deliver contraband to consumers in East and Southeast Asia. According to an IOL report, van der Westhuizen was unable to obtain the permits to import two white tigers from a Canadian zoo in 2008 and apparently (somehow) arranged for “Jukani Predator Park” to import, breed, and care for the animals on his behalf — all under the agreement that van der Westhuizen retained ownership of the tigers and any offspring they may produce. A 2007 Dawn article reported that Letsatsi allegedly sold two tigers and six lions to suspected wildlife smugglers who apparently used falsified permit documents to import some of the animals into Pakistan) (PHOTO CREDITS: EMS FOUNDATION, 2017)

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TIGERS (WHITE, BENGAL) R34 (EDENVILLE ROAD) KROONSTAD FREE STATE PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN (+20)

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS. EXPORTS TIGER CUBS INTERNATIONALLY AND ALSO TRADES IN LION BONES FOR THE ASIAN MEDICINAL MARKET.

Boskoppie Lion and Tiger Reserve is a privately owned predator breeding facility. Owner: Mr. Pieter Swart

https://www.boskoppie.com/ http://www.traveller24.com/Explore/Green/nspca-aware-free-state-predator-breeding-facility-horror-20160314 (The volunteer, known only as Dee, claims to have witnessed a number of questionable practices, including poor upkeep of a sickly cheetah, enclosures that

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house different species resulting in fatal fights as well as alleged trade in animal bones and administering of medication by unqualified individuals during her stay) http://thetravelrebellion.com/love-lions-you-need-to-read-this-expose/ (Boskoppie Lion and Tiger Reserve Owner Piet Swart Jr convicted for involvement in rhino poaching. Serapa Safaris one of the lion buyers) http://www.cannedlion.org/blog/60-minutes-where-have-all-the-lions-gone http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11948191 https://africageographic.com/blog/volunteer-reveals-state-of-south-african-predator-breeding-facility/ https://www.boskoppie.com/photos-1

http://www.saasawubona.com/voluntourism-really-making-difference/ http://bloominginsouthafrica.blogspot.co.za/2015/05/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-my.html (We walked on a ways past the white tigers and came two large areas where tigers and lions of various ages were kept in different enclosures. When the Tigers and lion are just a few years old they can be kept together but as they become old enough to breed they are separated out)

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MORESON RANCH

TIGERS (WHITE) VREDE 9835 +27 58 913 9901 FREE STATE PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

OFFERS TIGER CUB PETTING. NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY. ALSO A HUNTING FACILITY.

Moreson Ranch is a privately owned breeding and hunting facility. Owners: Mr. Awie Marais & Mr. Tielman De Villers. http://www.moresonranch.co.za/lions/index.html

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BAGAMOYA WILDLIFE ESTATE

TIGERS

MASELSPOORT 9360 082 653 3333 FREE STATE PROVINCE

2002 – OPEN

NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS.

OFTEN HAS TIGER CUBS.

Bagamoya Wildlife Estate is a privately owned business that breeds lions and tigers. Owners: Mr. Botha & Mrs. Sharine Barnard http://www.bagamoyawildlifeestate.co.za/lion-interaction/

http://www.bagamoyawildlifeestate.co.za/about-us-2/

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LAOHU VALLEY TIGER RESERVE

TIGERS (BENGAL)

NEAR PHILIPPOLIS FREE STATE PROVINCE

2002 – OPEN

NUMBER OF TIGERS – AT LEAST 19

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR TIGERS.

ADVERTISES AS A BREEDING CENTRE FOR SOUTH CHINA TIGERS.

NO TIGERS FROM THIS FACILITY HAVE BEEN ‘REWILDED’ IN CHINA.

Laohu Valley Reserve is a privately owned breeding facility. Owner: Mr. Stuart Bray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laohu_Valley_Reserve The Laohu Valley Reserve (LVR) is a nature reserve locate near Philippolis in the Free State and near Vanderkloof Dam in the Northern Cape of South Africa.[1][2] It is a roughly 350-square-kilometre private reserve. It has been created with the aims of nurturing captive-born South China tigers (Panthera tigris amoyensis) in South Africa and eventually releasing them into the wild in China. It is also aimed to restore South African biodiversity in the parts of the reserve not populated by tigers.) https://africageographic.com/blog/woman-killed-by-tiger-at-breeding-centre-in-free-state/ (A senior supervisor at Laohu Valley Reserve near Philippolis in the Free State, South Africa, was killed by a tiger over the weekend. The Laohu Valley Reserve is a roughly 350km² private reserve that was established in 2002 as a breeding centre for the South China tiger. The reserve is not open to the public, as the tigers are part of a project that aims to rewild the animals for eventual return to protected reserves in China. According to the reserve it was necessary to put down the the male tiger, known as ‘Beta’, during the incident. The breeding centre is part of the Save China’s Tigers charity, which according to their website, aims to bring the South China tiger back from the edge of extinction by taking them out of zoos, breeding them, letting them regain their hunting abilities and reintroducing them back into the wild in China. According to the website, rewilding was necessary in the case of the South China tiger because there were no known wild South China tigers when the project began – Chinese zoos were the only source of South China tigers and two cubs were taken from zoos to start the breeding centre in South Africa. Those South China tigers that have successfully regained hunting skills and are able to survive independently in the wild in South Africa will be reintroduced back to China to protected reserve(s), based on the model and principles of successful African reserves) http://www.savechinastigers.org/

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https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-stuart-bray-south-china-tigers/ (Bray frowns and cracks his knuckles. The suggestion is far short of his vision of tigers returning to a pristine wilderness. “At great personal cost, I’ve lived up to my commitments,” he says. “I expect China to do the same. Whether this was a silly folly or a successful project depends on what we end up with in China.” His voice is getting louder. “I have to have a good ending for this.” Zhang replies calmly, “The Western way—frankly speaking, we don’t think it will work in China.) http://africachinareporting.co.za/2015/01/south-china-tigers-lost-in-the-african-wilderness/ https://mg.co.za/article/2005-08-23-rare-chinese-tiger-dies-in-sa-reserve https://www.enca.com/sa-celebrates-birth-rare-south-china-tigers https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2014/09/19/inserting-captive-bred-tigers-into-the-wild-will-it-work/

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TIGERS (BENGAL) VERMAASDRIF ROAD STILFONTEIN 2551 +28 18 441 1093 / 1075 / 1020 FREE STATE PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT A CITES REGISTERED TIGER BREEDING FACILITY. A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF TIGER CUBS BEING BRED AT THIS HOLIDAY RESORT.

Wawielpark Holiday Resort is a privately owned business and zoo. Owners: Hansie & Annatjie Mulder. https://www.wawielpark.co.za/ (See tiger camp on map below)

https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/go-camp-drive/20171001/282385514674992

https://twitter.com/wawielpark/status/515061024752697344?lang=en

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https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/ShowUserReviews-g1197825-d5820406-r202035554-Wawielpark_Holiday_Resort-Welkom_Free_State.html http://www.pictame.com/tag/Wawielpark

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https://www.facebook.com/wawielparkholidayresort/ CARING 4 CATZ

TIGERS (BENGAL)

ADDRESS NOT FOUND, ONLY DESCRIPTION: The project is on a premises located on a ranch approximately 10km from the nearest town and 95km from the Free State Province's capital, Bloemfontein, in South-Africa. It is also on the road to the picturesque Korannaberg and Clarens.

FREE STATE PROVINCE

OPEN

NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES TIGER BREEDING FACILITY.

BREEDS TIGERS AND HAS A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF TIGER CUBS.

Caring 4 Catz is a privately owned facility. Owner: Elsumi Smith https://www.facebook.com/Caring4Catz/ (Working as volunteer you will have the rear opportunity of hand rearing cubs of some highly endangered cat species. Giving the cubs comfort, feeding them with milk formulae from a bottle and replacing their mother in all ways. Doing the mother's job of assisting them to urinate and defecate for the first 2-3weeks. Cuddling and just sitting with them, they love to fall asleep on your lap. Raising a cub includes making the feed mixtures and preparing meat for various ages. Also fetch meat for the adults from the chicken farm or neighbour who donates some meat for the project. Cleaning enclosures and maintenance and repairs takes place on a daily basis, the upkeep and

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improvement of the lion enclosures. Observing and studying all the cubs and their behavior)

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OLIVIA GAME LODGE

TIGERS (WHITE BENGAL, BENGAL) FARM 973 BRANDFORT +27 82 775 0041 FREE STATE PROVINCE NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES TIGER BREEDING FACILITY. PROMOTES A BREEDING PROGRAM FROM BENGAL TIGERS. SELLS TIGERS AT AUCTIONS. KNOWN BOWHUNTING FACILITY.

Olivia Game Lodge is a privately owned predator breeding and hunting facility. Owners: Jaap Opperman & Charl Terblanche. http://www.oliviagamelodge.co.za/ (Olivia is committed in ensuring the continued wellbeing of animals and promotes the future cultivation of future generations of rare species. Olivia therefor runs breeding programs for White Lions, White Bengal Tiger …) https://www.google.co.za/search?q=OLIVIA+GAME+LODGE&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFxsbavcHZAhUnJcAKHRNEAdcQsAQIbQ&biw=1440&bih=759#imgrc=A4Q6S9kFZAuFwM:

http://rsasoldier.blogspot.co.za/2009/03/tigers-at-olivia-game-lodge.html

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https://ru-clip.com/video/sOtsvF2iQOY/undercover-footage-of-lion-auction-preview-olivia-pvt-game-reserve.html

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CHEETAU GAME LODGE

TIGERS (BENGAL) XF (A) 1503 BETHLEHEM +27 82 804 1466 FREE STATE PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT A REGISTERED CITES TIGER BREEDING FACILITY.

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https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/Hotel_Review-g1883606-d9846284-Reviews-Cheetau_Lodge-Bethlehem_Free_State.html#photos;aggregationId=&albumid=&filter=2&ff=201440950

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TIGERS CHEETAH EXPERIENCE 1 MALUTI AVENUE BLOEMFONTEIN 9301 +27 72 905 3457 EMOYA 7 FRANS KLEYNHANS AVENUE GROENVLEI BLOEMFONTEIN +27 51 436 8472 FREE STATE PROVINCE 2006 - OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS – 1 (YET THE FACILITY OFTEN HAS CUBS AVAILABLE FOR PETTING)

NOT A REGISTERED CITES BREEDING FACILITY FOR ASIAN BIG CATS.

http://southafrica.bnbbreaks.com/free_state/listing/emoya_estate (Visit the Cheetah Experience, world renowned cheetah breeding facility which was featured on Animal Planet, Pasella and Carte Blanche. Come eye to eye with real cheetah, lion, carical, Canadian wolves and tiger. Touch and interact with lion, tiger and cheetah cubs and other bigger animals) https://www.cheetahexperience.com/ https://www.facebook.com/notes/842278942486270/ (Cheetah Experience - www.cheetahexperience.com | Raised lion and tiger cubs for canned hunters in the past (Olivia Game Lodge, Mooifontein, Letsatsi), is breeding cheetahs, servals, and other cats, removing all the cubs from their mothers and using them for interactions with the volunteers and then with visitors, selling animals to places with a bad reputation regarding the treatment of their animals. There are accusations of irresponsible breeding like: allowing the matting of brother/sister leopards (twice), using a three legged serval for breeding over and over, using a cheetah male for breeding while on medication this possibly explaining the high number of still born cubs and some with deformities. No intend to release any of the animals they breed. All these activities disqualify CE as a true sanctuary and also as a conservation facility, more a business breeding and buying cubs with the purpose of attracting volunteers and tourists to their facilities. On the positive side: exempt for the

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breeding practices that we consider immoral, Cheetah Experience treats the animals well, the staff is nice and offer the volunteers a pleasant stay, and they appear to want to purchase more land with the purpose of offering the animals a forever home. (S.AFRICA) IMPROVEMENT REPORTED: NO CONNECTION TO CANNED HUNTERS AT PRESENT. https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g312564-d1927311-i80275176-Cheetah_Experience-Bloemfontein_Free_State.html

FARM GROENVLEI, HOOPSTAD

TIGERS FARM GROENVLEI HOOPSTAD FREE STATE PROVINCE TIGER AND LION BREEDING FACILITY / KNOWN HUNTING FACILITY OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

BREEDING FACILITY FOR EXOTIC AND INDIGENOUS BIG CATS.

A privately owned breeding and hunting facility for indigenous and exotic predators. Owner: Mr. Shorty Durand https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1203/p07s01-woaf.html (Mr. Durand's auction was not successful. Only four of the more than 50 animals up for sale - mostly lions, but also jaguars and tigers - went home from Groenvlei with different owners. Durand says that bad publicity hurt, and that most of the animals will ultimately be sold through private agreements) https://business.highbeam.com/3548/article-1G1-76631978/tame-lion-saved-probable-canned-hunt (Conservation officials have opened an inquiry into the sale of a tame silver-screen star called Dandylion to a "canned" hunting operation in the Free State. The lion was sold by wildlife dealer John Brooker, who came into the spotlight in early June when the Mail & Guardian exposed plans to hunt Baixinha, a rare East African black rhino being kept on his Broederstroom property. The lion was moved to Groenvlei, a farm belonging to "Shorty" Durand near Hoopstad, last week. Durand is one of at least 14 lion breeders in the Free State who offer their animals for canned hunts)

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MOOIFONTEIN PRIVATE GAME RANCH

TIGERS (BENGAL, WHITE)

FARM MOOIFONTEIN REDDERSBURG 9904 +27 84 610 3933

FREE STATE PROVINCE

OPEN

NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

BREEDING FACILITY FOR EXOTIC AND INDIGENOUS BIG CATS.

This is a privately owned breeding facility. Owner: Mr. G. Loser https://www.facebook.com/Mooifontein-Private-Game-Ranch-283412955178022/

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BLOEMFONTEIN ZOO

TIGERS (BENGAL) HENRY STREET WILLOWS BLOEMFONTEIN 9301 +27 51 405 8484 FREE STATE PROVINCE 1920 - OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS – AT LEAST 2

The Bloemfontein Zoo is owned and managed by the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality. https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/tiger-mauls-man-to-death-at-bloemfontein-zoo-261783

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http://empangenispca.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=184:sale-of-bengal-tigers-bloemfontein-zoo&catid=88:nspca&Itemid=109 (The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) is aware that so-called “excess stock” has been sold by the zoo in Bloemfontein and that these animals include Bengal tigers) https://www.facebook.com/pg/Bloemfonteinzoo/photos/?ref=page_internal

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http://www.bloemfonteincourant.co.za/bfn-zoo-good-bad-ugly/ https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/free-state/bloemfontein-zoo-unhygienic-nspca-1410278 TIGER CANYON TIGERS PHILIPPOLIS KAROO +27 51 773 0063 +27 82 892 4680 FREE STATE PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS – AT LEAST 12

NOT REGISTERED AS A CITES TIGER BREEDING FACILITY.

This is a privately owned breeding facility for tigers. Founder & Owner: Mr. John Varty. http://www.jvbigcats.co.za/mission.htm (To create free ranging, self-sustaining populations of tigers in the hands of private enterprise in and out of the Asian Continent) http://www.jvbigcats.co.za/pictures.htm

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https://showme.co.za/tourism/tiger-canyons-philippolis/

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TAU THABA LION FARM TIGERS 20 KM OUTSIDE HEILBRON ON THE KOPPIES ROAD R723 HEILBRON +27 83 325 3169 FREE STATE PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

http://www.affordableweekends.co.za/accommodation/tau-thaba-leeuplaas http://ewn.co.za/2016/04/29/First-on-EWN-Family-of-tiger-attack-boy-to-sue-Free-State-lodge (The park has strongly denied that it's responsible for the tiger attack and says the family ignored several warnings not to get too close to the animals while taking pictures) https://www.facebook.com/Tau-Thaba-Leeu-Plaas-1103531809674226/?ref=br_rs

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KWAZULU NATAL PROVINCE

NATAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

TIGERS LION PARK ROAD CAMPERDOWN PIETERMARITZBURG 3720 KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN, BUT 1 LIGER.

NOT REGISTERED AS A BREEDING FACILITY WITH CITES. EXPORTS LARGE NUMBERS OF TIGERS INTERNATIONALLY. ALSO SELLS TIGERS TO BESTER BIRDS AND ANIMAL ZOO FARM (SEE PAGE) WHO THEN EXPORTS THE TIGERS.

Natal Zoological Gardens is a private zoo, owned by Mr. Brian Boswell, who was also the owner of Brian Boswell’s Animal Circus (closed) and the Natal Lion Park cc (next to the zoo in Pietermaritzburg). https://www.iol.co.za/ios/news/fury-over-6-tigers-shot-dead-in-kzn-1966013 (This week the storm around Boswell’s head grew when he admitted that not one, but six tigers had escaped and were then shot because of the danger they posed to staff and visitors) https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/tiger-put-down-after-escaping-kzn-zoo/ (Nicholas May, who lives in the Mpushini Valley area, where the tiger made its way to, said the animal was spotted by a neighbour in her farm yesterday. He says the owners were called, and locals assumed the animal would be tranquilized. "They brought a shotgun and blasted the hell out of it... The animal has been in a cage, it was almost tame," May said)

http://www.ligerzoos.com/liger-zoo-natal-zoological-gardens-pietermaritzburg-south-africa http://www.ifp.org.za/newsroom/place-natal-zoological-gardens-under-spca-curatorship/ (Recent reports over alleged animal cruelty being an accepted practice as well as other animal welfare concerns at the Natal Zoological Gardens which is currently under the ownership and management of Mr Brian Boswell, require immediate investigation and if sustained, then urgent intervention) http://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZAKZPHC/2009/38.html (PHOTO CREDITS: BAN ANIMAL TRADING SOUTH AFRICA, 2017)

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WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE

CANGO WILDLIFE RANCH

TIGERS (WHITE)

191 BARON VAN REEDE STREET LONGITUDE: 22.21 LATITUDE: - 33.56 OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE 1986 – IN OPERATION NUMBER OF TIGERS UNKNOWN

NOT A REGISTERED CITES TIGER BREEDING FACILITY.

ADVERTISES AS A BENGAL TIGER BREEDING PROGRAM.

OFFERS TIGER AND LION CUB PETTING.

Cango Willdife Ranch is a privately owned captive breeding facility for tigers, lions and other wild species. Owners: Andrew & Glenn Erickson. https://www.cango.co.za/

https://www.cango.co.za/pages/our-animals/

https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g312667-d459929-i36076186-Cango_Wildlife_Ranch-Oudtshoorn_Western_Cape.html

(Tiger cubs)

http://thegremlin.co.za/oudtshoorn-news/wordpress/2011/10/12/rare-white-bengal-tigers-born-at-cango-wildlife-ranch-oudtshoorn/

http://thetraveluster.com/2013/05/playing-with-tigers-cheetahs-and-lemurs-at-cango-wildlife-ranch-south-africa/

https://www.sa-venues.com/things-to-do/westerncape/hold-a-cub-at-cango-wildlife-ranch/

http://www.wildanimalvolunteers.com/pages/volunteer-program/

https://www.facebook.com/volunteersbeware/posts/728661143848051 (The other case you continue to refer to and which we have previously answered to, is regarding Fareedah our tiger (who, we might add was NOT in-bred). We were requested by the SA government through the Department of Environmental Affairs to supply this Sheik, one of the UAE rulers. As with any of our animal transactions, this was authorised

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by CITES as well as the Dep.t of Nature Conservation so he obviously would have therefore met all the necessary requirements. (once again not all UAE institutions are terrible). As far as our tigers are concerned, none of our tiger breeding has ever been in-bred. We breed specifically with endangered animals from around the world (at our breeding centre across the road) whilst using specific ambassador animals on the Ranch itself to create awareness amongst the many tourists, including school groups that visit us. Our animals do not "disappear" across the road and any of our volunteers and staff can tell you this. We do not actively breed tigers however if we have specific requests for them and the applicant meets with all of the CITES and Nature Conservation requirements, then we would consider it. Not all tigers are in-bred by any means and ours certainly are not! We love all tigers, white or not and feel they also have the right to live! (On a side note, I am not currently on the PAAZAB committee as mentioned on your page, but have been in the past as well as Chairman for a number of years) https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/south-africa-to-breed-bengal-tigers-30861 (Two breeding projects have been started, within months of each other, by the Cango Wildlife Ranch outside Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo and in Mpumalanga by film-maker John Varty. Two white Bengal tigers were brought to the Cango ranch late last year. Cher and Khan are captive bred cubs from the national zoo in Nashville, Tennessee. Ranch manager Rob Hall said they were hoping the tigers would start breeding by the age of four)

https://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Africas-first-white-tiger-cubs-20030616 ( Three white tiger cubs with blue eyes and chocolate-brown stripes were born at a South African wildlife ranch last on Wednesday, the first such cubs to be born in Africa, which has no indigenous tigers, the Star newspaper reported Monday. The cubs, two males and a female, are about the size of a full-grown cat. "They are suckling and they are with their mother, Cher, in her den," said Jenny Schmidt, spokesperson for the Cango Wildlife Ranch in the southwest)

GEORGE WILDLIFE ANIMAL PARK

TIGERS (BENGAL) N2, KRAAIBOSCH GEORGE JUST BEFORE VICTORIA BAY TURN-OFF DRIVING FROM GEORGE. +27 44 889 0007 WESTERN CAPE 2016 – OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS - 2

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Owners: Mr. J. P. Kameel & Ms. E. van der Gryp. http://www.traveller24.com/Explore/Green/shockwildlifetruths-new-garden-route-wildlife-park-places-big-cat-welfare-under-spotlight-20180102 (Kameel says that all the cats are under one year old, and he bought them from Letsatsi la Africa in the North West, which is “a predator park that breeds and sells to other parks all over the world” according to Kameel. When asked how it’s possible that he is not allowed to breed the animals but Letsatsi la Africa is allowed to breed, he says that “different provinces have different rules for breeding”) https://www.georgeherald.com/News/Article/General/george-wildlife-park-approved-20170711 (PHOTO CREDITS: BAN ANIMAL TRADING SOUTH AFRICA, 2017)

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CRADLE OF LIFE

TIGERS ROAD R38 BADPLAAS 1190 – 25-55-00 S and 30-35-55 E +27 82 452 3444 / +27 82 345 1924 MPUMALANGA PROVINCE OPEN NUMBER OF TIGERS – AT LEAST 5

NOT A CITES REGISTERED FACILITY FOR ASIAN BIG CATS.

http://www.cradleoflife.co.za/ (The most impressive array of earthly animal species, exotic and indigenous, have been gathered together at the Cradle of Life. These include white lions, tigers, jaguars, pumas, leopards, cheetahs, Siberian wolves, hyenas and meerkats)

https://www.facebook.com/badplaascradleoflife/

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UNKNOWN BREEDERS SELLING TIGER CUBS https://citizen.co.za/news/1581747/gauteng-death-and-disease-in-your-back-yard/ (The Citizen is aware of at least six homes in Jo’burg alone where tigers, lions, meerkats, tortoises, vervet monkeys, caracals, mongoose and African rock pythons are kept as pets.) https://hunting-africa.co.za/ads/white-lioness-and-2-tiger-cubs/

http://hunting-africa.co.za/ads/wit-tier-te-koop-white-tiger-for-sale/

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INDIVIDUALS KEEPING AND BREEDING TIGERS IN SUBURBAN BACKYARDS 16 SUD STREET, BONAERO PARK, KEMPTON PARK 57 MILNER AVENUE, GEDULD, SPRINGS

https://brakpanherald.co.za/7961/tale-of-two-tigers/ Ozzy an eight-month old Siberian tiger, is the newest, adorable addition to the family of Brakpan North couple, Michael Jamison and Jackie Smits. https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/outrage-over-tiger-cub-kept-in-backyard-1895483 (It may sound insane, but owning a pet tiger in Gauteng is legal. Animal welfare groups have discovered multiple people in Ekurhuleni who own one of these exotic animals, and can do nothing about it. According to these groups, the legislation in Gauteng allows for exotic animals to be kept as pets in built-up areas, and the problem is growing.)

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FACILITIES REGARDED AS ASIAN BIG CAT SANCTUARIES EMOYA (LIMPOPO) https://emoya.org.za/the-tigers/ PANTHERA AFRICA BIG CAT SANCTUARY (WESTERN CAPE) http://pantheraafrica.co.za/ DRAKENSTEIN (WESTERN CAPE) http://lionrescue.org.za/ LIONSROCK/FOUR PAWS (FREE STATE) http://www.lionsrock.org/

FACILITIES CLAIMING TO BE SANCTUARIES BUT STATUS UNKNOWN JUKANI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (WESTERN CAPE) http://www.jukani.co.za/ JUGOMARO (GAUTENG) http://jugomaro.co.za/ Allows public interaction with tigers. Also tiger cubs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF0SVMAMeBg WOKUTAKULA (GAUTENG) http://wokatakula.wixsite.com/wokutakula Tigers have been sterilized, but the conditions are less than ideal. Also allows public interaction with the tigers. VREDENHEIM BIG CATS PARK (WESTERN CAPE) https://vredenheim.co.za/big-cats-park Two Bengal tigers bought from breeders.