Law Threatening 16 Million Wild Animals Pulled in S. Africa (1)

A law that threatened the viability of keeping 16 million wild animals on private land in South Africa was withdrawn following a legal challenge.

An amended version of the Threatened or Protected Species, or TOPS, list was pulled ahead of its planned implementation on April 1 after a legal challenge from Wildlife Ranching South Africa and the Professional Hunters’ Association of South Africa, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment said in a statement on Wednesday.

The hunters and ranchers had argued that the proposed rules on the movement and breeding of the 16 million animals, ranging from lions ...