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12/02/2019

“Community perspectives on benefit-sharing in the western boundary of the Kruger National Park” Presentation by: Linda Tucker, CEO and Founder, Global White Lion Protection Trust, MACantab IN SUMMARY: “Benefit-sharing” in this critically important ecosystem should not be separated from “ecologically sustainable” principles inherent in Indigenous Knowledge Systems of the stakeholders both in this region, and further afield. From an Indigenous...

Mia and the White Lion

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24/01/2019

No copyright infringement is intended Review by Linda Tucker, Founder and CEO Global White Lion Protection Trust Imagine for a moment that your puppy, raised as part of your family, is snatched from you and sold into the dog meat trade? What would you do? Take a deep breath… and prepare yourself for a family movie which “opens the...

Ignite Your LionHeart Tour

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Fundraising, Linda Tucker

04/12/2018

Ignite Your LionHeart Tour – last quarter 2018 The second overseas LionHearted Leadership™ tour of 2018 started in late September with a real game-changing experience – my first TEDx Talk! “Until the Lion learns to speak, the story will be told from the hunter’s perspective.” This Ancient African proverb was the inspiration for my TEDx Talk, held in...

Linda Calls for an Urgent Moratorium on the Killing of Any of The Big Five

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Lion News, Linda Tucker, Conservation News

22/11/2018

Following the well-attended colloquium held in South African Parliament on 21/22 August 2018, where stakeholders were brought together to discuss the impact of the captive breeding-to-kill industry, Linda addressed a letter to the Chairperson calling for a moratorium on the killing of any of The Big Five for a period of at least three years: UPDATE:...

Does anyone have the right to destroy a Global Heritage?

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Fundraising, Linda Tucker, Conservation News

12/09/2018

“To A Tama !Khums Ge!!” Linda with Koisan leader, Chief Stephen Fritz, on the steps of Parliament. These words, delivered by the First Nation of First Nations representatives, Chief Stephen Fritz, on behalf of the Koisan people, resounded through the assembly at the Parliamentary Colloquium last month - an urgent parliamentary review called by the Chairperson...

Letter of Condemnation to the Director General Department of Nature Conservation demanding that every lion killed in the bone trade be named and photographed

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23/07/2018

Like fingerprints, every lion has unique spot patterns. No two are identical. This killing industry is not only scientifically unsound, environmentally unsustainable and fundamentally unethical, it is also culturally offensive across any and all cultures who hold Nature with love and respect. Mrs Nosipho Ngcaba - 20 July 2018 Director-General Department of Environmental Affairs Our original Letter of Objection (11...

Land itself should be considered the Primary Stakeholder in Land Restitution

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Featured, Linda Tucker, Conservation News

20/07/2018

Linda Tuckers Letter to the Joint Constitutional Review Committee. Ms Pat Jajiya Committee Section Cape Town SUBMISSION TO THE JOINT CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW...

Should captive keeping of wild animals for human gain and exploitation be viewed as acceptable today?

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Featured, Linda Tucker, Conservation News

19/05/2018

Statement issued by Linda Tucker and Jason A. Turner Following the 5th Animal Energy World Conference, with its magnificent expressed intention of helping restore Peace on Earth by bringing our natures back into service of Mother Nature, and which convened so many wonderful souls from around the world in a united effort to do so, we...

Timbavati River Restoration: From Wetland to Wasteland – and back

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Featured, Linda Tucker, Community Development, Conservation News

23/11/2017

Linda with Sibusiso and Harmony, the StarLion Team gather for the days planting ceremony.By Linda Tucker and Jason A. TurnerIn the ancient knowledge behind the legendary White Lions, “Timba-vati” means “Place where the StarLions came down.”In order to save these living legends in their natural endemic habitat, the Global White Lion Protection Trust has been...

Children of the World Deliver One United Roar for Lions

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Featured, Linda Tucker

11/03/2017

Kruger to Canyons Biosphere: Friday 10th March 2017: Six young leaders have conquered a Global Talent Challenge and won a trip to South Africa to see the legendary White Lions of the Timbavati, worth R100 000 per winner. The six, from Hawaii, Canada, Israel, India, UK and South Africa, will join nine local StarLion Ambassadors in...