FOUR PAWS’ Fiona Miles Named Finalist in Good Hope FM Warrior Women Awards 2025
How Fiona and team are championing the connection between human, animal, and environmental health to reshape welfare in South Africa
Cape Town, 29 October 2025 – FOUR PAWS South Africa proudly announces that its Director, Fiona Miles, has been selected as a finalist in the Good Hope FM Warrior Women Awards 2025 in the Excellence in Leadership category, in partnership with the Women-In Festival.
For nearly two decades, Fiona has been at the forefront of animal welfare transformation in South Africa. With the NGO’s global vision and team collaboration, FOUR PAWS converted a former hunting and breeding facility into LIONSROCK Big Cat Sanctuary, now home to around 100 rescued big cats. She has driven campaigns to end captive lion breeding, influenced national policy reforms, and supported high-profile animal rescues. Fiona’s strategic leadership have been instrumental in creating systemic change and building a kinder future for animals.
Her nomination celebrates not only Fiona’s leadership but also the strength of the FOUR PAWS team, whose collaborative efforts have driven impactful change for animals under direct human influence. Together, they have championed ethical sanctuaries, advanced animal welfare legislation and raised public awareness through education and advocacy.
The finalists were announced live on Good Hope FM’s Morning Show on 29 October 2025, with public voting via SMS. To vote SMS WWA2025, Fiona Miles, your name & surname and ID number to 37766. The awards ceremony will take place on 14 November 2025 during the Women-In Festival.
For more information, please visit our website at www.four-paws.org.za
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FOUR PAWS is the global animal welfare organisation for animals under direct human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need and protects them. Founded in 1988 in Vienna by Heli Dungler and friends, the organisation advocates for a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. The sustainable campaigns and projects of FOUR PAWS focus on companion animals including stray dogs and cats, farm animals and wild animals – such as bears, big cats and orangutans – kept in inappropriate conditions as well as in disaster and conflict zones. With offices in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Kosovo, the Netherlands, Switzerland, South Africa, Thailand, Ukraine, the UK, the USA and Vietnam as well as sanctuaries for rescued animals in eleven countries, FOUR PAWS provides rapid help and long-term solutions. www.four-paws.org.za