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Canned hunting in a nutshell

9/13/2013

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1. 50 years ago an estimated 100,000 lions roamed across Africa.

2. Lion habitat has declined by 75% since then and lion numbers have dropped to less than 20,000

3. Only 9 countries in Africa have more than 1000 lions, while Tanzania alone now has 40% of the whole lion population

4. The African lion is heading for extinction.

5. Main driver for lion destruction is the reckless breeding habits of Africa’s human population. For instance, Kenya had a small population of 5 million people at the end of WW2, but that population has exploded to over 30 million.

6. Human over- population in rural areas means lions are killed routinely to protect livestock.

7. Trophy hunting is also a major cause of lion numbers declining, especially since the trophy hunter always wants the magnificent pride male, and once he has been removed, pride cohesion breaks down, with competing males killing all the cubs. It has been estimated that it can take 7 years before that pride can recover fully from the killing of the pride male.

8. Because hunters have wiped out so many wild lions there is a demand for a constant supply of living targets and lion farming has increased dramatically in South Africa.

9. In the last fifteen years the number of captive lions in S.A. has increased from almost zero to over 8000. That is twice as many as there are wild lions (4000)

10. Lion farmers grow out lions for at least three years before they reach huntable size. To help pay the cost of rearing lions, lion farmers rent out their cubs to be played with by tourists. And they take in volunteers who pay to be allowed to work at a lion farm (deceitfully described usually as a lion sanctuary)

11. What you can do to help the African lion:-

a. Cub petting. Do not patronise any tourist resort where cub-petting is allowed.

b. Volunteers. Do not volunteer at any facility where breeding of lions takes place. If there are cubs then it is a lion farm breeding centre.

c. Write to your MEP. And ask her to ban the import of African lion/leopard trophies in to Europe.


8 Comments
Robyn
1/25/2014 08:04:42 pm

Thank you for this. I will be sure to share this information. Lion breeding and hunting needs to STOP!

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Suzzi
1/25/2014 08:32:46 pm

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fiorenza boasso
1/25/2014 10:31:31 pm

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Michelle
1/25/2014 11:23:46 pm

We must all work together to protect lions. Trophy hunting and lion farming truly are South Africa's shame!!!

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harold sanchez
5/26/2016 07:13:57 am

You gotta fight the power!

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Jamie Trask
1/25/2014 11:51:14 pm

How can humans be sooo cruel, they r such magnificent creatures who have the right to live their lives, humans have no right to decide their fate only God does since he created them.

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Suzzi
1/26/2014 08:57:13 am

I totally agree Jamie this is all wrong. We must look at what is going on in Asian country's too.

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Suzzi
1/26/2014 09:00:28 am

I was going to travel to Laos but when I saw they have a range of whiskey including tiger penis whiskey.... Totally put me off!

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