CANNED HUNTING IN SOUTH AFRICA

This lioness is being dragged to her death! #CannedHunting is the hunting of captive-bred animals in a confined area from which they cannot escape. The pictures below speak so many words and shows the gruesome, unforgivable pain that these #lions go though everyday! There are around 12,000 lions in captivity, while there are just 3,000 in the wild In #SouthAfrica.

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CANNED HUNTING & LION FARMING

Watch our award-winning animated short film, about the reality of life for many lions in #SouthAfrica. #CannedHunting is the hunting of wild animals (mostly #lions) in a confined area from which they cannot escape. In South Africa, it is not only legal, it is flourishing. 8,000 or more captive-bred lions and other #predators languish in as many as 300 breeding facilities,

https://www.bornfree.org.uk/canned-hunting/

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Lion farming in South Africa: fresh evidence adds weight to fears of link with illegal bone trade

South Africa’s legal commercial lion industry is helping to act as a cover for the illegal international big cat bone trade.

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