A Lamentable History For decades, the so-called “canned” lion hunting industry has faced public scrutiny – first, through the shocking 1997 Cook Report expose, which coined the tragic name for commoditized lions “in a can”. The malpractice of breeding and killing lions in captivity started as dark deals done by international syndicates in the underbelly of...
As a frontline conservation and leadership organisation, the Global White Lion Protection Trust has been pioneering and modelling ecocentric initiatives since its inception in 2002. Alongside its successful scientific reintroduction program of White Lions who were one generation removed from their ancestral homelands, the Trust initiated a multi-level strategy to re-establish the cultural importance of...
Welcoming Gavin te Brake, General Manager of the Global White Lion Protection Trust We are proud to announce the arrival of Gavin te Brake, who joined our team in 2023 as General Manager of the Trust. With his dynamic energy and passion for Nature, Gavin has a knack for leadership and creative thinking. Playing a critical...
South Africa’s Heritage Day gives each one of us the perfect opportunity to acknowledge the White Lions as a living heritage in the hearts and minds of humanity. Moreover, it reminds us of our interconnectedness with Nature and our role in handing over the Flame of Life to future generations, as indigenous peoples did for thousands of years before us.
Bob’s findings in the Swartkrans Caves were instrumental to Linda Tucker’s understanding of humanity’s Contract of the Fire – a concept which ultimately forms the foundation of her LionHearted Leadership™ model today, an invitation from the White Lions to use power responsibly at this evolutionary turning point in humankind’s history.
Ingwavuma Day celebrates the life of both a winged StarLion (Ingwavuma I) and a future king (Ingwavuma II). They remind us that we are living in prophetic times, beyond the clock. In this 13th hour, we are called to lead lives of authenticity, reverence for and purposeful service to Nature.
Journalist Shamin Chibba was first invited to the Global White Lion Protection Trust in 2016 with a team of media professionals in preparation for his coverage of the CITES COP17. What he found was a community organisation working tirelessly to protect the sacred lions. He returns in 2023 to speak to its CEO, Linda Tucker, in a series of Q&As. The first looks at how, in the face of merciless exploitation of our natural world, we can turn rage into positive action.
Months of loss and mourning passed. My lion was dead and my heart was broken. Ancient Lion Shamanism teaches, “When you kill a lion, you kill the sun.” It also warns, “For every lion killed, a human soul will be lost.” There’s something eternally damning about this concept. It isn’t the rough justice of the...
In the second StarLion featurette, Linda remembers her Lion Guardian, Ingwavuma I. The “spirit-in-form” lion had entered Linda’s dreams as a child and, later, introduced himself in the flesh – a reminder of the primordial agreement through which we were gifted the use of Fire and all that it represents by way of the continuity of Life.
Earth Day (22 April) holds a lot of meaning in White Lion territories. Not only is it a day set aside for honouring Mother Gaia, but it also marks the anniversary of the passing of two great Lion mentors in my life: Maria Ndlovu (Khosa), the Lion Queen of Timbavati, and Jan Si Ku, honoured...
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