Legislation

• South Africa
  • Animals Protection Act
  • Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act
  • Performing Animals Protection Act
  • National Environmental Management Act
  • National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act
  • Threatened or Protected Species (“TOPS”)
  • Biodiversity Management Plans
  • Norms and Standards
  • Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Act
  • Animals Diseases Act
  • Animal Improvement Act
  • Meat Safety Act
  • Animal Health Act
  • Animal Identification Act
  • Game Theft Act
  • Agricultural Product Standards Act
  • Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act
  • Fencing Act
  • Marketing of Agricultural Products Act
  • National Veld and Forest Fire Act
  • South African Abattoir Corporation Act
  • Stock Theft Act
  • The Subdivision of Agricultural Land Act

• Botswana
  • Cruelty to Animals Act
  • Diseases of Animals Act
  • Wildlife Conservation and National Parks Act
  • Livestock and Meat Industries Act
  • Baits Regulations
  • Veterinary Surgeons Act

Case Law

• South Africa
  • National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another (2016)
  • National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Openshaw (2008)
  • Lemthongthai v S (2014)
  • South African Predator Breeders Association v Minister of Environmental Affairs (2009)
  • Kruger and Another v Minister of Water And Environmental Affairs and Others (2015)
  • Eastern Cape Poultry Club v National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (2017)
  • National Council of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Environmental Affairs and Others (2019)
  • Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tshwane v National Council of Society for Prevention of Cruelty (2025)
  • Network for Animals NPC and Another v Dewah and Others (2024)
  • Botha v Smuts and Another (2024)
  • Alberts v S (2024)
  • Marshall v Pillay (2023)
  • Mtokwana v Trollip (2021)
  • Muller v De Waal and Another (2023)

International Laws

• South Africa
  • ICRW: International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
  • CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
  • World Trade Organization (WTO) and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
  • CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity
• Botswana
  • CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
  • CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity
  • African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised Maputo Convention)
  • Convention on Migratory Species (CMS or Bonn Convention)
  • KAZA TFCA – Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area