Question no. 307
Mr GR Krumbock (Democratic Alliance) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
With reference to the Threatened or Protected Species Regulations that were promulgated in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004), how many animals each of the species listed in the regulations are being held in captive in each province as at the latest specified date for which information is available?
Reply:
Information was gathered from provinces during the last two weeks of July 2009 and the information is thus current. The threatened or protected species (TOPS) held in captivity and their numbers are listed by province below. Gauteng and Limpopo provinces did not provide information in time for this question.
Threatened or protected species in captivity statistics for the period end July 2009
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Threatened or protected species (TOPS) in captivity |
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Statistics for the period end July 2009 |
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Species |
EC |
FS |
GP |
KZN |
LP |
MP |
NW |
NC |
WC |
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Adder Gaboon |
10 |
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|
50 |
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3 |
|
|
15 |
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Adder Namaqua dwarf |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
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African penguin |
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|
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
50 |
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African rock python |
|
10 |
|
100 |
|
20 |
|
|
100 |
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African wilddog |
14 |
59 |
|
|
|
2 |
146 |
|
30 |
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Armadillo girdled lizard |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
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Bateleur |
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|
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
|
5 |
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Black wildebeest |
5 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Black-footed cat |
12 |
10 |
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|
|
4 |
|
10 |
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Bontebok |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
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Bullfrog African |
15 |
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|
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|
|
|
|
5 |
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Bullfrog Giant |
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|
|
10 |
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|
|
5 |
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Bustard kori |
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|
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|
1 |
5 |
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Cape clawless otter |
4 |
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|
2 |
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Cape fox |
|
20 |
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|
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|
2 |
|
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Cape parrot |
42 |
|
|
50 |
|
4 |
|
|
79 |
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Cheetah |
33 |
45 |
|
10 |
|
2 |
151 |
|
50 |
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Colophon beetle |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
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Common reedbuck |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Crane blue |
30 |
18 |
|
20 |
|
6 |
|
4 |
100 |
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Crane Grey crowned |
19 |
10 |
|
20 |
|
7 |
|
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Crane wattled |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
5 |
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Duiker blue |
12 |
|
|
20 |
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|
|
|
20 |
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Eagle martial |
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|
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
10 |
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Eagle Tawny |
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|
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
2 |
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Elephant |
18 |
1 |
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
20 |
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Falcon peregrine |
|
|
|
20 |
|
10 |
|
|
20 |
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Falcon Taita |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
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Ground hornbill |
|
|
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
|
20 |
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Honey Badger |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
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Hyena Brown |
|
20 |
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|
|
1 |
2 |
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Hyena spotted |
3 |
15 |
|
|
|
3 |
10 |
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Leopard |
13 |
22 |
|
10 |
|
4 |
36 |
|
5 |
|
Lion |
190 |
1787 |
|
50 |
|
2 |
2196 |
|
70 |
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Monkey Samago |
4 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
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Nile crocodile |
60 |
574 |
|
|
|
19500 |
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|
7000 |
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Owl grass |
|
|
|
5 |
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
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Own Pel's fishing |
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|
|
1 |
|
|
|
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Pelican pink backed |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Peregrine Falcon |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Reedbuck common |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Rhinoceros black |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Rhinoceros white |
|
192 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
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Roan western |
|
|
|
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
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Serval |
15 |
45 |
|
|
|
7 |
22 |
|
|
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South African hedgehog |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
5 |
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Suni |
5 |
|
|
20 |
|
10 |
|
|
|
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Tortoise geometric |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
30 |
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Tsessebe |
|
|
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
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Turtle loggerhead |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Vulture cape |
8 |
10 |
|
5 |
|
|
62 |
4 |
15 |
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Vulture Egyptian |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
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Vulture lappet-faced |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
1 |
|
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Vulture white-backed |
|
25 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
6 |
2 |
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Issued by: Ministry of Water and Environmental Affairs
3 July 2009
