ROSS HARVEY: When industry interest trumps wellbeing
SA Hunters & Game Conservation Association wants to justify culling and hunting on the grounds of ‘adaptive management’
13 September 2024 - 05:00
A disturbing Constitutional Court challenge has been launched by trophy hunters objecting to the definition of animal wellbeing included in the latest set of proposed amendments to SA’s national environmental law.
The SA Hunters & Game Conservation Association’s case is against the president, government, the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces (NCOP). The applicant wants the apex court to declare that parliament failed to comply with its constitutional obligation to facilitate public involvement in respect of the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act...
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