HUNTING DOWN SOUTH AFRICA’S LION BREEDING INDUSTRY
- O&A Team
- June 9, 2025
- Conservation, Features
- Blood Lions, Captive lion breeding, Conservation Action Trust, Dr Ross Harvey, Ethical tourism, Lion cub petting, lion farming, Richard Peirce, Selling lion skeletons, Voice4Lions
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Lion cub petting, farming and voluntourism as well as the sale of lion skeletons has created a massive lion breeding industry in South Africa which is now home to the world’s largest captive lion population. O&A spoke to conservation writer Richard Pierce and other experts about progress make towards ending this WORDS: SHIRLEY LE GUERN IMAGES: JACQUI PEARCE Sustainable or …
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