About Us | SA Predators (SAPA)

SAPA intends to:

Co-ordinate and promote the interests of its members with the view of establishing and maintaining a healthy and profitable predator breeding and hunting industry in congruence with national and international conservation principles and current national and provincial legislation.
Represent the interests of its members at the provincial and national levels.
Cooperate with provincial and national authorities in the formulation and execution of regulations ensuring a healthy and sustainable predator breeding and hunting industry in South Africa.
Liaise with other associations and institutions with reconcilable aims to promote the aims of the Association and to promote or defend jointly in cases and matters concerning the interests of these associations.
Promote and market a positive image of the predator breeding and hunting industry.

Establishment of the South African Predator Association.
SAPA Norms and Standards for Hunting Ranch Lions.
Assessment of lion hunting destinations for accreditation.
Accreditation of several hunting destinations.
Establishment and implementation of the marking system “tags” for the hunting of ranch lions.
Establishment of DNA profiling databases for ranch lions - 1000 Lion samples in the Databases.
Establishing "traceability" of Ranch lions.
Liaison with the National Department of Environmental Affairs on the trade of lion and lion derivatives.
Liaison with Provincial Biodiversity Management Authorities through Wildlife forum meetings.
Comments and inputs on Provincial and National legislation managing the lion industry.
Draft Norms and Standards: Lion rearing and management. – In process with DAFF.
Involvement in the Wild lion conservation project in Zimbabwe.
Bursary to the University of North West: Lion Research.