On the 114th day (out of 365 days) of Martie’s visit to the Kruger National Park, she posted some disturbing photos in her blog on the South African National Parks (SANP) website, feature a male lion who got caught in a snare.This was not the most disturbing part. The most disturbing part was the fact that a certain Jeep Jockey of a similar sounding company name to ecoAfrica, actually knew about this, but didn’t report it for 4 days! Suffice to say people got confused with our company name and starting phoning and emailing us about this shocking behaviour and we had to respond and get SANP to remove or fix the posting, seeing that it wasn’t us. Unfortunately the posting was completely removed and nobody else could see the photos and story anymore. So we did the next best thing and got in contact with the photographer Annette Naude and asked her permission to display the photos.
The latest news we got on the lion is that it was released and some people have already spotted it in the wild. If anyone ever go on a safari anywhere in Africa and come across behaviour which they feel is inappropriate, please report this to the relevant contact person. Things can only be improved if we all do our bit in helping out.
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