{"id":21377,"date":"2020-05-13T15:48:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T15:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whitelions.cybelemarketing.co.uk\/?page_id=21377"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:11:30","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/ja\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid edgtf-section vc_custom_1492689220516 edgtf-content-aligment-left\" style=\"\"><div class=\"clearfix edgtf-full-section-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_revslider_element wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\t<!-- START About Us REVOLUTION SLIDER 6.6.13 --><p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t<rs-module-wrap id=\"rev_slider_12_1_wrapper\" data-source=\"gallery\" style=\"visibility:hidden;background:transparent;padding:0;\">\n\t\t\t\t<rs-module id=\"rev_slider_12_1\" 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heart.'\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-layer><!--\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><rs-layer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-12-slide-27-layer-19\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"xo:40px,23px,43px,6px;yo:160px,89px,135px,17px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:normal;s:95,58,43,53;l:120,73,54,69;ls:0,0,0,0px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:0;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:13;font-family:'Merriweather';text-shadow:2px 2px 1px rgba(7, 7, 7, 1);\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>About  Us \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-layer><!--\n-->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slides>\n\t\t\t\t<\/rs-module>\n\t\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\t\tsetREVStartSize({c: 'rev_slider_12_1',rl:[1240,1024,778,480],el:[700,600,800,500],gw:[1300,800,600,300],gh:[700,600,800,500],type:'standard',justify:'',layout:'fullscreen',offsetContainer:'.touch .edgtf-mobile-header',offset:'',mh:\"0\"});if (window.RS_MODULES!==undefined && window.RS_MODULES.modules!==undefined && 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src=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Linda-Tucker-Dee.jpg\" width=\"1117\" height=\"744\" alt=\"Linda-Tucker-Dee\" title=\"Linda-Tucker-Dee\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1589384144899\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1605863242481\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2>Our Founder<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"edgtf-separator-holder clearfix  edgtf-separator-left\">\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-separator\" style=\"border-color: #ffb422;width: 55px;border-bottom-width: 3px;margin-top: 25px;margin-bottom: 25px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>In the midst of a global lion crisis that treats Africa\u2019s most Sacred Animals as a killing commodity in cross-border trade, Linda Tucker has dedicated her life to the solution. The Global White Lion Protection Trust is a world leader in new-paradigm conservation strategy.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-edgtf-parallax-speed=\"1\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid edgtf-section vc_custom_1590354531022 edgtf-content-aligment-left edgtf-parallax-section-holder edgtf-parallax-section-holder-touch-disabled edgtf-grid-section\" style=\"min-height:740pxpx;height:auto;\"><div class=\"clearfix edgtf-section-inner\"><div class=\"edgtf-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>While every crisis is interrelated, so are the solutions. Over 3 decades, the work of the <strong>Global White Lion Protection Trust <\/strong>has united ancient indigenous knowledge with modern science to help save species, reviving ecosystems and human value systems \u2013 in a leadership model of sustainable living with mutual benefits for Lions, Land and People, in one of the world\u2019s most important biodiversity hotspots: UNESCO Kruger-to-Canyon Biosphere region.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid edgtf-section vc_custom_1589404146150 edgtf-content-aligment-left edgtf-grid-section\" style=\"\"><div class=\"clearfix edgtf-section-inner\"><div class=\"edgtf-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-md-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1589384562332\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2>Our Organisation<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"edgtf-separator-holder clearfix  edgtf-separator-left\">\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-separator\" style=\"border-color: #ffb422;width: 55px;border-bottom-width: 3px;margin-top: 25px;margin-bottom: 25px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1606768643898\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The <strong>Global White Lion Protection Trust,<\/strong> founded by Linda Tucker and established together with the expertise of Jason A. Turner, is a leading conservation organisation situated in one of the world\u2019s most important ecosystems \u2013 UNESCO\u2019s Kruger-to-Canyons Biosphere. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><br \/>\nRegistered in 2002 as NPO\/Public Benefit Organisation, after a decade of prior research on the ecological and cultural importance of the White Lions, this pioneering community-based organisation has a long track-record of uniting Indigenous knowledge and modern science to help save species.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-md-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vc_single_image-img \" src=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6760a9d56973.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"509\" alt=\"K2C Map\" title=\"K2C Map\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pyramid-bg\" data-edgtf-parallax-speed=\"1\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid edgtf-section vc_custom_1606472393066 edgtf-content-aligment-left edgtf-parallax-section-holder edgtf-parallax-section-holder-touch-disabled edgtf-grid-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Nebu-light-background.jpg);\"><div class=\"clearfix edgtf-section-inner\"><div class=\"edgtf-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix   vc_custom_1589474308842 vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-el-width-100 vc_video-align-left\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ecological Regeneration Through the Protection of the White Lions\" width=\"1060\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cKnDyjXJCKY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The work of the Global White Lion Protection Trust has illustrated how the White Lions, as the apex animal site-specific to this region, are restoring the biodiversity of their greater ecosystem.<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-6\" id=\"about-heritage\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1606212644790\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"edgtf-elements-holder edgtf-responsive-mode-768\" ><div class=\"edgtf-elements-holder-item \" data-item-class=\"edgtf-elements-holder-custom-953088\" data-1280-1600=\"13px 0% 0px 10%\" data-768-1024=\"40px 3% 0px 3%\" data-480=\"40px 0% 0px 0%\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.45)\">\n\t\t<div class=\"edgtf-elements-holder-item-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"edgtf-elements-holder-item-content edgtf-elements-holder-custom-953088\" style=\"padding: 40px 40px 40px 40px\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>White Lions \u2013 our Living Heritage<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"edgtf-separator-holder clearfix  edgtf-separator-left\">\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-separator\" style=\"border-color: #ffb422;width: 55px;border-bottom-width: 3px;margin-top: 25px;margin-bottom: 25px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Born by natural occurrence in this region only on earth &#8211; one of the world\u2019s last surviving lion ranges &#8211; the White Lions play a critical ecological and cultural role in the greater system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> Ecologically, as the apex animal in this ecosystem, the White Lions restore trophic balance throughout all species in this sensitive biodiversity hotspot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Culturally, as the \u2018King of Kings\u2019 and a living symbol of good governance, the White Lions restore all \u2018kingdoms\u2019 and are revered by <em><strong><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/2020\/03\/28\/tribute-to-credo-mutwa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wisdom keepers<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0as the holiest animals on the African continent.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid edgtf-section vc_custom_1598473213686 edgtf-content-aligment-left edgtf-grid-section\" style=\"\"><div class=\"clearfix edgtf-section-inner\"><div class=\"edgtf-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid edgtf-section edgtf-content-aligment-left\" style=\"\"><div class=\"edgtf-full-section-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><strong>Crisis facing White Lions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"edgtf-separator-holder clearfix  edgtf-separator-left\">\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-separator\" style=\"border-color: #ffb422;width: 55px;border-bottom-width: 3px;margin-top: 25px;margin-bottom: 25px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid edgtf-section edgtf-content-aligment-left\" style=\"\"><div class=\"edgtf-full-section-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">After commercial lion trophy hunting and other forced removals in the Timbavati region rendered the White Lions technically extinct in the &#8217;90s, the\u00a0<b>Global White Lion Protection Trust\u00a0<\/b>instituted a successful reintroduction programme of these magnificent luminous animals back into the land of their origin, purchasing vast tracks of bushveld wilderness lands to create a protected area in the heart of the White Lions\u2019 natural ancestral homelands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Although the\u00a0Global White Lion Protection Trust\u00a0has achieved triumphs against formidable odds for the White Lions, their ancestral lands, and the greater community, the crisis facing\u00a0<i>Panthera leo<\/i>\u00a0today is catastrophic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While the White Lions are celebrated as a sacred living heritage by local tribes, these luminaries have been mercilessly persecuted by the modern world for their majesty: trophy hunted in the wild; artificially removed from their ancestral lands into zoos and circuses around the planet; and worse: forcibly bred in \u201cdeath camps\u201d in South Africa\u2019s now-notorious cuddle-to-kill captive industry: <i>cuddled<\/i>\u00a0as cubs by tourists, then\u00a0<i>killed<\/i> as adults by trophy hunters and lion-bone traders.<\/p>\n<p>Linda Tucker has been campaigning against this diabolical industrialising of lions since the early \u201890s, and famously rescued a White Lion born in one of these death camps. Marah, whose mother was forcibly removed from her endemic ecosystem, was reintroduced with her cubs to the wilderness land of her origins where her lineage survives to this day.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Linda-Yolandi-and-Mpho-Tutu-at-GMFL_LR-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Linda-Yolandi-and-Mpho-Tutu-at-GMFL_LR-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Linda-Yolandi-and-Mpho-Tutu-at-GMFL_LR-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Linda-Yolandi-and-Mpho-Tutu-at-GMFL_LR-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Linda-Yolandi-and-Mpho-Tutu-at-GMFL_LR-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Linda-Yolandi-and-Mpho-Tutu-at-GMFL_LR-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Linda-Yolandi-and-Mpho-Tutu-at-GMFL_LR-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 10px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 10px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">After the\u00a0<i>Convention for the International Trade in Endangered Species (<\/i>CITES) legalized the lion-bone industry in 2017 by approving permits for cross-border trade in dead lions, as many as 1500 lions have been killed annually in South Africa, and exported as skeletons to Eastern markets, including China, Korea and Laos. Appallingly, these beautiful creatures, held under abysmal conditions of cruelty before being slaughtered for their carcasses, are the <i>same<\/i>\u00a0lions who were once manhandled as baby cubs by people, including tourists and children on school outings.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 50px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix   vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-el-width-100 vc_video-align-left\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One United Roar calls for No trade in Endangered Species.\" width=\"1060\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B4cOUte1IGE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 10px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Global White Lion Protection Trust campaigned to CITES to prevent the legalisation of the lion-bone trade.<\/h6>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 50px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Over the decades, Linda Tucker and her team have presented at Parliaments in South Africa and Britain, calling for a prohibition of this abomination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In 2018-19, the\u00a0<b>Global White Lion Protection Trust<\/b> convened a delegation which presented on behalf of the lions at South African Parliament and subsequently helped formalise a coalition of international conservation and animal welfare organisations to hold governments accountable globally. Significant progress has been achieved through these collaborative efforts, with our sites on permanently shutting down China\u2019s \u2018wet\u2019 wildlife markets following the COVID-19 global pandemic, a catastrophe caused by \u201czoonotic spillover\u201d, which this coalition had warned governments long in advance of its occurrence. Human consumption of certain species, such as predators (lions) and primordial animals (pangolins), break the fundamental laws of nature.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-edgtf-parallax-speed=\"1\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid edgtf-section vc_custom_1602441486336 edgtf-content-aligment-left edgtf-parallax-section-holder edgtf-parallax-section-holder-touch-disabled edgtf-grid-section\" style=\"min-height:400pxpx;height:auto;\"><div class=\"clearfix edgtf-section-inner\"><div class=\"edgtf-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><em>&#8216;You are killing our ancestors; you are killing our family.&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Moletele traditional leadership\/traditional healers: South African Parliament 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pyramid-bg\" data-edgtf-parallax-speed=\"1\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid edgtf-section vc_custom_1606471748647 edgtf-content-aligment-left edgtf-parallax-section-holder edgtf-parallax-section-holder-touch-disabled edgtf-grid-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/view-from-sphinx-lookout_crop.png);min-height:740pxpx;height:auto;\"><div class=\"clearfix edgtf-section-inner\"><div class=\"edgtf-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1589385384447\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindatuckerfoundation.org\/lionhearted-leadership-initiative\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"986\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lions-Land-People-pyramid.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lions-Land-People-pyramid.png 986w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lions-Land-People-pyramid-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lions-Land-People-pyramid-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lions-Land-People-pyramid-600x480.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-6\" id=\"about-strategy\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1606212749333\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"edgtf-elements-holder edgtf-responsive-mode-768\" ><div class=\"edgtf-elements-holder-item \" data-item-class=\"edgtf-elements-holder-custom-447970\" data-1280-1600=\"13px 0% 0px 10%\" data-768-1024=\"40px 3% 0px 3%\" data-480=\"40px 0% 0px 0%\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.45)\">\n\t\t<div class=\"edgtf-elements-holder-item-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"edgtf-elements-holder-item-content edgtf-elements-holder-custom-447970\" style=\"padding: 40px 40px 40px 40px\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1604757823763\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Our Strategy<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"edgtf-separator-holder clearfix  edgtf-separator-left\">\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-separator\" style=\"border-color: #ffb422;width: 55px;border-bottom-width: 3px;margin-top: 25px;margin-bottom: 25px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">As a conservation leader with a track record of achievements over the decades, the <strong>Global White Lion Protection Trust<\/strong> uses its international acclaim to influence a paradigm shift, not only in wildlife management but also human consciousness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The organisation does so by initiating and modelling this paradigm shift within its own programmes on the ground, while espousing leadership development locally and internationally through the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindatuckerfoundation.org\/lionhearted-leadership-initiative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> LionHearted Leadership\u2122 training initiatives <\/a>developed by our sister organisation, the <strong><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lindatuckerfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Linda Tucker Foundation,<\/a><\/strong> inspired by the White Lions and all they represent by way of earth stewardship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">In the heart of the UNESCO\u2019s Kruger-to-Canyons Biosphere region, using traditional living methods and heart-centred values combined with cutting-edge science, the\u00a0<strong>Global White Lion Protection Trust<\/strong>\u00a0has been implementing a multi-stakeholder strategy since 2004, thereby restoring unity amongst people and unification of wildlands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The aim is to ensure that Lions, Land, and People live not only sustainably, but flourish in harmonious co-existence.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid edgtf-section vc_custom_1589404641201 edgtf-content-aligment-left edgtf-grid-section\" style=\"\"><div class=\"clearfix edgtf-section-inner\"><div class=\"edgtf-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-md-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1589399077960\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><strong>Our Ethos<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"edgtf-separator-holder clearfix  edgtf-separator-left\">\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-separator\" style=\"border-color: #ffb422;width: 55px;border-bottom-width: 3px;margin-top: 25px;margin-bottom: 25px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"55\" src=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WLT_Logo_Lions-Land-People_Final_BW-e1604759489643.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Moving beyond historical wildlife management methods of patriarchal domination and exploitation, which showed little regard for time-honoured Indigenous ways of reverential stewardship, our core vision is one of deep and lasting transformation based on a loving and respectful approach to Mother Nature: transforming human-wildlife conflict into a living model of harmonious co-existence between wildlife, Land and People.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-md-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Zukhara-F-Matsieng-B_IMG_8002-scaled.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Zukhara-F-Matsieng-B_IMG_8002-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Zukhara-F-Matsieng-B_IMG_8002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Zukhara-F-Matsieng-B_IMG_8002-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Zukhara-F-Matsieng-B_IMG_8002-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Zukhara-F-Matsieng-B_IMG_8002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Zukhara-F-Matsieng-B_IMG_8002-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-edgtf-parallax-speed=\"1\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid edgtf-section vc_custom_1589398796427 edgtf-content-aligment-left edgtf-parallax-section-holder edgtf-parallax-section-holder-touch-disabled edgtf-grid-section\" style=\"\"><div class=\"clearfix edgtf-section-inner\"><div class=\"edgtf-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1589385384447\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zihra-4-scaled.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zihra-4-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zihra-4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zihra-4-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zihra-4-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zihra-4-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zihra-4-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zihra-4-600x900.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Linda-at-a-captive-killing-camp-web.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Linda-at-a-captive-killing-camp-web.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Linda-at-a-captive-killing-camp-web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Linda-at-a-captive-killing-camp-web-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Linda-at-a-captive-killing-camp-web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Linda-at-a-captive-killing-camp-web-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1589399108871\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"edgtf-elements-holder edgtf-responsive-mode-768\" ><div class=\"edgtf-elements-holder-item \" data-item-class=\"edgtf-elements-holder-custom-918807\" data-1280-1600=\"13px 0% 0px 10%\" data-768-1024=\"40px 3% 0px 3%\" data-480=\"40px 0% 0px 0%\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"edgtf-elements-holder-item-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"edgtf-elements-holder-item-content edgtf-elements-holder-custom-918807\" style=\"padding: 42px 0% 0px 12%\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><strong>Lions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"edgtf-separator-holder clearfix  edgtf-separator-left\">\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-separator\" style=\"border-color: #ffb422;width: 55px;border-bottom-width: 3px;margin-top: 25px;margin-bottom: 25px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>The White Lions are a genetic rarity of great cultural and conservation importance, unique to this region. Culturally, the White Lions are associated with restoration of ethical leadership, while ecologically, they are the capstone species critical to the regeneration of their ecosystem. Their luminous colouring is not albinism, but the result of a rare genetic code, which was finally identified in 2013 after 6-years of collaborative international research,\u00a0 initiated by the Global White Lion Protection Trust.<\/p>\n<p>The critical cultural and conservation importance of these luminaries is now widely accepted by an ever-growing global community, despite widespread misinformation about the White Lions disseminated by parties attempting to justify holding them in captivity. Misconceptions about White Lions being unable to hunt and survive in the wild were disproved based on 2 decades of primary research in the field. Click here to read the full scientific article, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/276062166_Effects_of_a_colour_variant_on_hunting_ability_the_white_lion_in_South_Africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Effects of a colour variant on hunting ability: the white lion in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0written by Jason A. Turner.<\/p>\n<p>We recognise that the dignity and welfare of the local Indigenous communities are directly linked with the survival and wellbeing of the iconic White Lions as a proud living heritage. Furthermore, Linda Tucker\u2019s life\u2019s work identifies that these luminous animals \u2013 referred to as \u2018StarLions\u2019 in her work &#8211; hold the key to emerging leadership in humankind. The natural laws of the ecosystem, so radiantly embodied by the White Lions themselves, led Linda Tucker to develop the\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindatuckerfoundation.org\/lionhearted-leadership-initiative\/academy-for-lionhearted-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">13 Laws of LionHearted Leadership\u2122<\/a><\/strong>,<\/em> a leadership methodology that is now being implemented from pre-school to tertiary educational level, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lionheartedleadership.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available online.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The plight of the White Lions is catastrophic &#8211; yet indicative of the state of Earth, a consequence of the diminished condition of human leadership in our times, which has lost its \u2018heart\u2019. The heart-centred consciousness shift upheld and modelled by the\u00a0<strong>Global White Lion Protection Trust<\/strong>\u00a0drives all its initiatives, advocacy and pioneering research in service of the planet.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-block vc_btn3-color-orange\" href=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/white-lion-faqs\/\" title=\"\">READ OUR WHITE LION FAQ's.<\/a><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid edgtf-section vc_custom_1604759665574 edgtf-content-aligment-left edgtf-grid-section\" style=\"\"><div class=\"clearfix edgtf-section-inner\"><div class=\"edgtf-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-md-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><strong>Land<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"edgtf-separator-holder clearfix  edgtf-separator-left\">\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-separator\" style=\"border-color: #ffb422;width: 55px;border-bottom-width: 3px;margin-top: 25px;margin-bottom: 25px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Protecting the White Lions\u2019 ancestral lands holds the key to our unification strategy.<\/p>\n<p>According to African record keepers, the Heartlands of the White Lions is an ancient Sacred Site, protected by African kings for many hundreds of years before Kruger National Park was proclaimed in 1926. In the first language, the White Lion Heartlands is known as \u2018Tsau\u2019, meaning \u2018StarLion\u2019. It has since been recognised by\u00a0<strong>ASSEGAIA<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>Alliance for the Sacred Sites of the Earth Gaia<\/strong>), the global authority on Sacred Natural Sites, calling for much stricter protective measures.<\/p>\n<p>Watch here as Linda Tucker <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ExB4n6A80BA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>presents at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2020,<\/strong><\/em><\/a> on behalf of the <strong>ASSEGAIA, <\/strong>Alliance for the Sacred Sites of Earth Gaia.<\/p>\n<p>In the \u201890s, Linda Tucker\u2019s ground-breaking research first revealed geographic and geodetic links to Ancient Egypt, published and shared with the world in her book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/linda-tucker\/\">Mystery of the White Lions<\/a> (Earthyear 2001)<\/em>. She identified that the birthplace of the White Lions in <em>Tsau<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; the heart of today\u2019s UNESCO Kruger-to-Canyons Biosphere \u2013\u00a0<em>aligns exactly<\/em>\u00a0with Giza (Egypt), resting place of the Sphinx, thus uncovering a profound mystery that links White Lions with humankind\u2019s greatest lion riddle.<\/p>\n<p>According to Credo Mutwa, South African healer and prophet, known during his lifetime as \u2018The Living Library of Africa\u2019, the original meaning of the word \u2018Timba-vati\u2019 &#8211; now the name of a commercial private nature reserve in the region &#8211; refers to: \u201c<em>The Place where the StarLions came down<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lecielfoundation.com\/one-ancient-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Le Ciel Holistic Livings Symposium<\/a> <\/strong>has listed the pioneering work of the\u00a0<strong>Global White Lion Protection Trust\u00a0<\/strong>in protecting the White Lions Sacred Site as one of their founding projects.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-md-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/view-from-sphinx-lookout.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/view-from-sphinx-lookout.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/whitelions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/view-from-sphinx-lookout-300x225.jpg 300w, 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living heritage. The\u00a0<strong>Global White Lion Protection Trust<\/strong>\u00a0provides jobs and accommodation on-site for over 40 personnel from diverse backgrounds and influences the welfare and livelihood of many thousands, connecting rural communities to the modern global community whilst preserving their ancestral roots.<\/p>\n<p>Collaboration across culture, age, gender, religion \u2013 even species \u2013 is a key principle behind the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindatuckerfoundation.org\/lionhearted-leadership-initiative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LionHearted Leadership\u2122 model.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The luminous White Lions, as an ecological and cultural symbol of unification and good governance on this planet, provide a perfect inspiration to support our commitment to unify people and protect wildlands.<\/p>\n<p>Locally, our leadership programmes foster the celebration of the White Lions as a living heritage amongst our two local cultural groupings, the Sepedi and the Tsonga peoples, creating unity across racial divides. The White Lions are also recognised as a sacred heritage by Indigenous wisdom keepers from all other continents, including the USA.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pyramid-bg\" data-edgtf-parallax-speed=\"1\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid edgtf-section vc_custom_1606476159453 edgtf-content-aligment-left edgtf-parallax-section-holder edgtf-parallax-section-holder-touch-disabled edgtf-grid-section\" style=\"min-height:400pxpx;height:auto;\"><div class=\"clearfix edgtf-section-inner\"><div class=\"edgtf-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>&#8216;We have already said: if you kill the Lion, you kill the Khoisan.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>Now let it be recorded: If you kill the White Lions, you kill South Africa.&#8217;<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Khoisan leadership: South African Parliament 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Linda Tucker South African Parliament 2019 Donate to Save 'Today, all conservation issues are global issues. 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