National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)RegulationsRegulations pertaining to threatened or protected terrestrial species and freshwater species, 2023 - effective 1 April 2023Section A: Provisions relating to Listed Threatened or Protected SpeciesChapter 7 : Prohibition of specific restricted activities under certain circumstances73. Prohibition of the hunting of a specimen of a listed threatened or protected species under certain circumstances |
| (1) | A person may not hunt a specimen of a listed threatened or protected species— |
| (a) | in a controlled environment; |
| (b) | while such specimen is under the influence of any tranquilizing, narcotic, immobilizing or similar agent; |
| (c) | by making use of a gin trap, pit fall, cage, enclosure, snare or any other method or device wherein or whereby such specimen is intended to be captured before it is killed; |
| (d) | by means of poison; |
| (e) | by means of darting; |
| (f) | by means of the following fire arms— |
| (i) | an airgun; |
| (ii) | a fire arm discharging a rim firing cartridge of .22 of an inch or smaller caliber; |
| (iii) | a fire arm which, after it has been discharged, automatically reloads and fires when the trigger thereof is pulled or is held in a discharged position; or |
| (iv) | a shot gun, except for the hunting of birds; |
| (g) | by means of bait, sound, smell or any other luring method, except for the hunting of specimens of Panthera pardus, Parahyaena brunnea or Crocuta crocuta by means of dead bait; |
| (h) | by means of dogs,except by means of hounds to— |
| (i) | track a wounded specimen; or |
| (ii) | point,flush or retrieve a specimen; |
| (i) | by means of flood or spot lights, except for the hunting of specimens of Panthera pardus, Parahyaena brunnea and Crocuta crocuta; |
| (j) | by means of a motorized vehicle, except— |
| (i) | for the tracking of such specimen over long ranges; or |
| (ii) | to allow a physically disabled or elderly person to hunt; or |
| (k) | by means of an aircraft, except for the tracking of such specimen over long ranges. |
| (2) | In addition to the prohibitions contemplated in subregulation (1), a person may not hunt a specimen of a Diceros bicornis, Ceratotherium simum, Crocodylus niloticus, Loxodonta africana, or a listed large predator but excluding a specimen of Panthera leo, by means of a bow and arrow. |
| (3) | In addition to the prohibitions contemplated in subregulation (1) and (2), a person may not hunt a specimen of a listed large predator that has been released in an area adjacent to a captive holding facility for listed large predators. |