Criminal Charges for Predator Farm in Africa

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The NSPCA (National Council of Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) has filed criminal charges against a South African game farm facility after discovering that the tigers on its property were suffering from inadequate care. Tigers on the farm were found to be living in dirty, unhygienic enclosures that appeared to not have been cleaned for some time as well as dirty drinking water, lack of bathing facilities, and inadequate shelter. 

Tigers are a critically endangered species which makes this situation even more despicable. As they are not necessarily adapted to the high temperatures found in this region of Africa, it's imperative that they have access to appropriate shelter and drinking / bathing facilities. The game farm has failed to provide them the necessary components of being well taken care of which has led to the criminal charges being filed against them. 

This is the third case the NSPCA has investigated involving a predator farm, indicating that there is an obvious lack of concern for the animals' well being and also, a clear problem with keeping these exotic, endangered animals in captivity. Game farms are at their core, horrendous facilities that take full advantage of animals for their own gain. These predator farms breed animals like tigers or lions for their reserves where people come from all over the world for an opportunity to shoot them dead. It's absolutely sickening that they are permitted to operate when you consider that these animals are in serious danger of going extinct. Our priorities are not in the right place.

This is another reason why I believe we need to be addressing trophy hunting. It is evident it is not solely about the activity of the hunt itself, but now we look at the roots where these animals often come from. They are being kept in squalor until the moment they are old enough to taste freedom briefly until they are shot to death for fun. It's absolutely sickening that we are exploiting critically endangered animals to this extent all to satisfy some perverse urge to shoot and kill these beautiful animals. It's shameful of the human race that we continue to allow these sorts of things despite the fact that there is overwhelming support from the general populous for ending trophy hunting of endangered species. 

Thank goodness for the NSPCA and other organizations that investigate these claims of abuse and lay criminal charges against them. With that being said, we need to see more action in curbing trophy hunting and perhaps shutting down some of these breeding facilities. Critically endangered animals belong on protected reserves, not in breeding facilities suffering from lack of appropriate care, awaiting their opportunity to die.

HAPPY VEG