A Vision.. A March...

Addressing the EXCO of the Amakhosi, February, 2014

Global March for Lions 

Today, somewhere
another roar has been silenced
by bullet or deadly bow
and a betrayed spirit departed
to wherever the Wild Ones go

Today, somewhere
an executioner
has hung up his weapon of death
boasted his tale of a bloody kill
and his victim’s last agonising breath

Today, somewhere
another heart has broken
and bitter, despairing tears wept
and a plea to the Sacred poured out to the night
drifting up to the angels where wishes are kept

In springtime last year I had a vision
that the King Stag was standing
on a lonely high peak
so faithfully
in the mist of the magic
so patiently 
hurting, with the tragic
waiting for us to grow into our Heroes

and in our thousands we gathered before Him
and knelt in a fervent prayer
that the Light would descend down to Earth
and live in every mind here

With a thousand sighs of the wind
and in a beat of the Earth’s wise heart
the tears of outraged Love
are carving out a new path

The hands of the heroes have reached
across the cultures
the colours
the divide
to fight the horror
the twisted
the sick
of the lions bred to die.

First Global March for Lions, 15 March 2014, Durban
With Hon. Narend Singh, MP & Chief Whip, and Adv. Anthony Mitchell, Inkatha Freedom Party

First Global March for Lions, Durban, 15 March 2014

From Belgium, 15 March 2014 🥰

2nd Global March for Lions, Durban, 2015

Durban, 2015

Durban, 2015

Durban, 2015

Durban, 2015

Mr Les Govendor, Brian Connell, Hon SJ Nkomo, and Yours Truly

This youngster was really having a ball... little eco-warrior in training!!

Durban, 2015

Second meeting for the Lions with His Excellency, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, 2015

With Hon Narend Singh, MP, and Chief Whip Inkatha Freedom Party,
at the premier of Blood Lions, Durban, 22 July 2015

Inkosi EM Buthelezi - Dept President of IFP (Inkatha Freedom Party) and Member of KZN Provincial Legislature - super cool guy!! Premier of Blood Lions, Durban, 22 July 2015

24 July 2015 - Blood Lions went to KwaMashu Township.  I was accompanied by Xolanie Khumaloe (an IFP Youth Leader, and a real ROCKSTAR) and Jenni Campbell who has endless patience with my  capacity for getting lost.

With the film crew

With some of the audience - thankyou Nomusa Mukhungo!!

Myself and Xolanie Khumalo on the way to KwaMashu township, Durban, 2015

MEMBERS STATEMENT

30 JULY 2015

BLOOD LIONS

Honourable Speaker,

The atrocity that is the practice of canned-lion hunting recently took centre stage at

the Durban film festival when the documentary “BloodLions” premiered on the 22

July.

It is safe to say that this barbaric practice and throwback from the days of colonialism

is nothing but an abhorrent relic from an evil past.

It’s high time that South Africa stands up and says that its wildlife is no longer for sale

to the highest international bidder, its high time that we stand up for our wildlife.

This practice continues unabated at home in South Africa and in most of our fellow

neighbouring states as well. International news recently reported on the killing of an

icon of Zimbabwean wildlife, Cecil the lion, who was baited, wounded by a hunters

bow, tracked and then shot dead 40hrs later by an American tourist, Walter Palmer,

who allegedly paid 35000 pounds for the opportunity and privilege of killing Cecil,

and then attempting to have his head mounted on a wall at home in the United

States.

Canned-lion hunting is a disgrace. Why should the very few hunting operators be

enriched at the expense of the many who will now never be able to see a ‘Cecil the

lion’ proudly wandering our vast African expanses? We must protect and conserve

our wildlife – This is a duty and sacred trust. Our Lions are apex predators, the pride

of African wildlife, they deserve nothing less than our most stringent protection.

We salute the Minister of Tourism who appeared in the documentary and hope that

he will be engaging his counterparts in Environment and Agriculture on this issue as

it will require a multi-pronged Ministerial and Departmental approach.

The practice of canned-lion hunting is unacceptable and must be driven from our

country and continent!

I thank you.                                                                                                        ..."

Read by Hon Narend Singh MP

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