Updated May 2020 Having studied lion ecology for over 20 years, including a 5 year MSc study in the Timbavati and Associated Private Nature Reserves, and being currently busy with a PhD on "White Lion Ecology: The cultural importance of white lions to local communities and its implication on perceptions towards human-lion conflict, lion poaching and...
The Global White Lion Protection Trust (WLT) has sent an urgent letter of objection to the Director-General of Environmental Affairs, highlighting major concerns about the proposed National Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP) for Lions in South Africa (Gazette No. 38706). As the proposed Biodiversity Management Plan stands, it will 1) legitimise the notorious malpractice of captive breeding and...
CEO of the WLT, Linda Tucker, with her beloved mentor Our LionHeart reaches out to all who knew and loved Dr Ian Player, most especially to his beloved wife, Ann, their daughter Jessica, the Player family and extended family around the world, both human and animal. Dr Ian Player was Patron of the Global White Lion Protection...
‘Game of Thrones’ star Jerome Flynn is urging chocolate lovers to join the battle to save Africa’s endangered White Lions with a delicious new bar specially created for the cause went on sale across the UK this month. The Global White Lion Protection Trust (WLT) has teamed up with Conscious Chocolate to make Lions Raw –...
by Jason Turner Below is an article that appeared in the Cape Argus last weekend. The stats speak for themselves - lions are in crisis, and they need our urgent protection. Of the 3,100 wild lions in South Africa, about 1,900 lions can be found in the Greater Kruger Park Region, and of these only 14 are...
8-Day Itinerary **Only 8 places available** R19 500.00 per person sharing Join us for an artistic excursion of a lifetime: deep into the wildlands of Venda - rhino country and enclave of the world’s greatest indigenous wood sculptors - then travel south along the golden Nile Meridian to the Heartlands of White Lions, nature’s King of Kings, and...
The WLT will be commemorating World Lion Day together with our local community, who will be marching for the urgent protection of their White Lion heritage. The Sepedi and Tsonga people believe in the sacred importance of the White Lions, and many regard them lovingly as family members. However, White Lions have been artificially removed...
The whole team at the WLT were very touched when we were approached by the children from the Waldorf School in Potsdam, Germany, to raise money. Every year the Class 7 pupils put together a school theatre project, with a special story. They rewrite parts of this story to make it their own, and then they...
July 6th / Sunday - Jerome Flynn: Actor, singer, humanitarian, Patron of the WLT who is passionate about helping people, animals and the earth's environment was interviewed by Bob Charles on Pyramid One Network. He has worked with many charities and causes to help children, animals, sanctuaries in the UK, helping Greenpeace and many...
The Global White Lion Protection Trust is proud to announce the launch of our largest-ever public fundraiser on a crowd-funding platform which is being run by our dedicated team in the United Kingdom. Our campaign “Roaring for Freedom” is backed by our celebrity sponsor, BAFTA nominated actor Jerome Flynn (currently starring in The Game of Thrones...
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