Lions, law and the limits of the ‘sustainable use’ concept
Daily Maverick | 13.04.2026 21:42
A seemingly technical high court case about lion bone export quotas has quietly become something far more consequential. With the admission of the EMS Foundation – alongside the involvement of the National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) – the dispute has shifted from a narrow question of administrative law to a broader confrontation over the moral and constitutional foundations of wildlife governance in South Africa.
