Área de identidad
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Fecha(s)
- 1995-2002 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Fondo
Volumen y soporte
6 boxes
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Fiona Macleod is an award-winning journalist, who worked as the Environmental reporter working for the newspaper Mail & Guardian, South Africa. She also published and edited various environmental magazines.
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
The papers were compiled by Fiona Macleod, who was the Environmental reporter working for the newspaper Mail & Guardian, covering the case of the Tuli Elephants at the time.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
The collection contains court records, correspondence, notes and press cuttings relating to the legal matter between the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) and African Game Services / African Game Properties, held at the Magistrate's Court for the District of Brits, held at Brits.
Between 1998 and 2000, thirty wild baby elephants were forcibly removed from their mothers and families in Botswana and taken to South Africa, where their spirits were intentionally broken for captive exhibition and display to feed the trade in wild animals.
Because of the conditions under which these elephants were 'trained', a case of cruelty to animals was brought against wild-life dealer and owner of African Game Services (AGS), Riccardo Ghiazza, and his employee. Five years later they were found guilty. The legal wrangle around the Tuli elephants illustrated how weak animal protection legislation is in South Africa.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Condiciones
Permission has to be obtained from Fiona Macleod.