World Lion Day (10 August) celebrates one of South Africa’s most iconic species, yet despite dwindling wild lion numbers, they are also threatened by a burgeoning trade sanctioned by the Department for Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF). Since the Cook Report exposed South Africa’s canned lion hunting industry in 1997, captive lion numbers have steadily […]

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