{"id":333222,"date":"2026-09-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/?p=333222"},"modified":"2026-09-05T10:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T08:05:48","slug":"dringende-beroep-red-die-8-000-geblikte-leeus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/dringende-beroep-red-die-8-000-geblikte-leeus\/","title":{"rendered":"Dringende beroep: Red die 8 000 geblikte leeus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die bewaringsorganisasies <em>Bloodlions en Humane World for Animals<\/em> het \u2019n dringende beroep op lede van die portfoliokomitee oor bosbou, visserye en die omgewing gedoen om die lot van meer as 8 000 geblikte leeus onder David Maynier, nuwe DA-minister van di\u00e9 portefeulje, te bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Terwyl die regering o\u00ebnskynlik huiwerig is om die bedryf te sluit, word die aantal halfmak-leeus in aanhouding net meer en neem die \u201cwreedheid\u201d toe. D\u00edt terwyl Suid-Afrika se aansien as bewaringsbestemming onder oorsese toeriste vinnig taan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geblikteleeus_40558-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\u2019n Klomp geblikte leeus in aanhouding. Ekolo\u00eb meen hulle sal nooit in die natuur vrygelaat kan word nie.\nFoto: Bloodlions\" class=\"wp-image-333226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geblikteleeus_40558-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geblikteleeus_40558-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geblikteleeus_40558-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geblikteleeus_40558-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geblikteleeus_40558-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geblikteleeus_40558-1320x990.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geblikteleeus_40558-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u2019n Klomp geblikte leeus in aanhouding. Ekolo\u00eb meen hulle sal nooit in die natuur vrygelaat kan word nie.<br>Foto: Bloodlions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Dr. Louise de Waal, uitvoerende bestuurder van Bloodlions s\u00ea aan<em>\u00a0Die Papier<\/em>\u00a0omgewingsorganisasies se frustrasie met di\u00e9 bedryf is aan die oplaai.<br>Bloodlions se span het onlangs (25 Augustus) aan die portfoliokomitee ges\u00ea di\u00e9 \u201conetiese\u201d bedryf skaad Suid-Afrika se internasionale beeld as bewaringsbestemming. \u2019n Peiling wat Bloodlions laat doen het, wys die meeste Suid-Afrikaners wat daaraan deelgeneem het, meen ook die bedryf buit die leeus vir kommersi\u00eble gewin uit, dit \u201cwreed en oneties\u201d is en dat dit internasionale toerisme na die land knou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>De Waal s\u00ea die departement van bosbou, visserye en die omgewing het reeds in 2018, tydens \u2019n beraad wat deur bewaringsorganisasies, die burgerlike samelewing, politici, amptenare en wetenskaplikes bygewoon is, besluit die geblikte leeubedryf moet sluit omdat dit onder meer geen bewaringswaarde het nie.<br>Dit is nou agt jaar later. Sedertdien is byna \u201cgeen vordering\u201d gemaak om dit te sluit nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Voormalige ministers van di\u00e9 departement, Barbara Creecy en dr. Dion George, was vasbelote om di\u00e9 bedryf uit te fasseer, maar weens skuiwe onder die ministers van di\u00e9 departement is dit \u201casof als tot stilstand gekom het\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DrLouisedeWaal_44644-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Louise de Waal, besturende direkteur van Bloodlions.\" class=\"wp-image-333225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DrLouisedeWaal_44644-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DrLouisedeWaal_44644-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DrLouisedeWaal_44644-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DrLouisedeWaal_44644-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DrLouisedeWaal_44644-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DrLouisedeWaal_44644-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DrLouisedeWaal_44644-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DrLouisedeWaal_44644-1320x1320.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DrLouisedeWaal_44644-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DrLouisedeWaal_44644-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Louise de Waal, besturende direkteur van Bloodlions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>De Waal het aan die portfoliokomitee ges\u00ea die vorige minister, Willie Aucamp, nou minister van landbou, wou o\u00ebnskynlik die proses probeer vertraag deurdat hy nie standpunt wou inneem nie en nog \u201cstudies\u201d wou laat onderneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Luidens Bloodlions se verslag het Aucamp noue bande met hierdie industrie gehad en was van sy familielede betrokke by die jagbedryf, asook by die teel van wild.<br>De Waal het aan die komitee ges\u00ea die verslag oor die nadele van hierdie \u201comstrede bedryf\u201d is in Maart vanjaar aan die departement van bosbou, visserye en omgewingsake gestuur, maar Bloodlions \u201chet tot dusver geen reaksie van enige van die amptenare ontvang nie\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Andrew de Blocq van Scheltinga, DA-LP het tydens die portfoliokomiteevergadering, aan De Waal ges\u00ea Bloodlions moet nie \u201coorhaastig wees nie\u201d en Maynier, kans gee om di\u00e9 aspekte rondom die leeus wat in aanhouding geteel word, te bestudeer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-peiling-wys-die-wereld-draai-sy-rug-op-geblikte-leeus\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Peiling wys: Die w\u00eareld draai sy rug op geblikte leeus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De Blocq van Scheltinga, het die integriteit van Bloodlions se peiling bevraagteken. Volgens hom sal internasionale besoekers aan Kaapstad en byvoorbeeld Clifton hulle nie daaraan steur wat in die leeubedryf aan die gang is nie. \u201cHulle sal steeds Suid-Afrika toe kom\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imagecredit_BloodLio_47976-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\u2019n Geblikte leeuwyfie word \u2019n dooie hoender gevoer. Di\u00e9 leeus leer nooit om te jag nie en moet gevoer word. \nFoto: Stephanie Klarmann\" class=\"wp-image-333224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imagecredit_BloodLio_47976-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imagecredit_BloodLio_47976-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imagecredit_BloodLio_47976-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imagecredit_BloodLio_47976-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imagecredit_BloodLio_47976-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imagecredit_BloodLio_47976-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imagecredit_BloodLio_47976-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imagecredit_BloodLio_47976.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u2019n Geblikte leeuwyfie word \u2019n dooie hoender gevoer. Di\u00e9 leeus leer nooit om te jag nie en moet gevoer word. <br>Foto: Stephanie Klarmann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Luidens die verslag wat De Waal aan die portfoliokomitee voorgelees het:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Suid-Afrika is die enigste land in Afrika wat leeus en ander roofdiere in aanhouding teel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Die 8 000 leeus wat in \u201cklein hokkies\u201d op 350 plase aangehou word, word dikwels as \u201ctrofee gejag\u201d. Buiten leeus word \u201cduisende ander roofdiere, waarvan sommige uitheems is,\u201d op soortgelyke plase geteel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Die meeste van die plase is in die Vrystaat, Noordwes en Limpopo gele\u00eb.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Die <em>World Travel Tourism Council<\/em> s\u00ea toerisme dra 9% by tot Suid-Afrika se Bruto Binnelandse Produk. Die leeubedryf het die potensiaal om toerisme te skaad.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 528 respondente het aan die peiling deelgeneem. Die respondente is van Brittanje (502), Amerika (502), Duitsland (504) en Nederland (501).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>77% Suid-Afrikaners (519) het aangedui hulle is gekant teen die geblikte leeubedryf. Hulle meen di\u00e9 bedryf kan nie beskou word as deel van Suid-Afrika se wildlewe nie en moet gesluit word.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>77% Britte het ges\u00ea hulle sal die land nie besoek nie omdat Suid-Afrika leeus in aanhouding vir kommersi\u00eble gewin teel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>66% van diegene wat aan die peiling deelgeneem (nasionaal, sowel as internasionaal) het, het ges\u00ea hulle beskou die bedryf as \u201coneties\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Byna 1 100 het ges\u00ea hulle is bekommerd oor die geblikte leeus se welsyn. Die meeste van hierdie mense was Nederlanders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die bewaringsorganisasies Bloodlions en Humane World for Animals het \u2019n dringende beroep op lede van die portfoliokomitee oor bosbou, visserye en die omgewing gedoen om die lot van meer as 8 000 geblikte leeus onder David Maynier, nuwe DA-minister van di\u00e9 portefeulje, te bring. Terwyl die regering o\u00ebnskynlik huiwerig is om die bedryf te sluit, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":647,"featured_media":333236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"author_byline":"Elise Tempelhoff","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16278,16063,15603,15577,16067],"class_list":["post-333222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nuus","tag-david-maynier","tag-leeus","tag-nuus","tag-top","tag-willie-aucamp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dringende beroep: Red die 8 000 geblikte leeus | Die Papier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/dringende-beroep-red-die-8-000-geblikte-leeus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"af_ZA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dringende beroep: Red die 8 000 geblikte leeus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Die bewaringsorganisasies Bloodlions en Humane World for Animals het \u2019n dringende beroep op lede van die portfoliokomitee oor bosbou, visserye en die omgewing gedoen om die lot van meer as 8 000 geblikte leeus onder David Maynier, nuwe DA-minister van di\u00e9 portefeulje, te bring. 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