# summary

- Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/jhbzoo/summary/
- Published: 2019-08-15T12:18:35+02:00
- Author: dearSA

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 * Download the [Animals Protection Act of 1962](https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201505/act-71-1962.pdf)
 * Download the [Amended Animals Protections Act (1972, 83, 91, 93, 97) ](https://www.daff.gov.za/doaDev/sideMenu/acts/11%20Animal%20Protection%20No71%20(1962).pdf)
   which includes the Performing Animals Protection Act of 1935.

While the **PERFORMING ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT NO 24 OF 1935 **promotes the ethical
treatment of animals in captivity, it contains several clauses of great concern,
namely;

 * _9. Saving. Nothing in this Act shall apply to the confinement or training of
   animals for military, police or sporting purposes or the purposes of an agricultural
   show, horse show, dog show, caged bird show or any public zoological gardens,
   or to the exhibition of animals at a military or police tournament or at a guymkhana,
   or at any show or in any such gardens or to the use of a dog for safeguarding
   by the South African Defence Force, the South African Police or the Prisons Service._

[https://www.facebook.com/bananimaltradingsa/videos/2342855119365773/](https://www.facebook.com/bananimaltradingsa/videos/2342855119365773/)

Johannesburg, South Africa – In a viral video shared online, Lammie is seen running
out of her dark quarters, clearly confused and traumatised. The two other elephants
behind bars also react in alarm, much to the misguided delight of the screaming 
onlookers.

The Zoo’s two new elephants, a 22-year-old male, named Ramadiba and a 19-year-old
female named Mopani are still kept separate from Lammie.