Johannesburg — Six cheetahs from the De Wildt Cheetah Research and Breeding
Centre, one of South Africa's most reputable breeding centres of endangered
species, were exported this week to a safari park in China that has been
universally condemned by animal welfare organisations.
John Wedderburn, of the Asian Animal Protection Network, describes a recent
visit to the Xili Lake Safari Park in Southern China: "The elephants have a
large paddock but are kept chained in a corner and are made to do demeaning
tricks.
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