A new report by global NGO, World Animal Protection, provides a damning indictment on the captive predator breeding industry.
In 2019, animal welfare inspectors visited Pienika Farm, a captive-lion facility in the North West province of South Africa.
In the wake of the bow-hunting of Mopane the lion, we searched for some literature and expert commentary on the sustainability of the trophy hunting of free-roaming lions in Africa, particularly around Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe.
South Africa has taken steps to end its multimillion-dollar lion-breeding industry, which supplies cubs for tourism, lions for trophy hunts, and bones for traditional medicine.