What comes after they are too big to walk with you, the tourist
Have you thought what happens to these lions you walked with after they are too big and dangerous to do so?
1. Fun for you, not for them
Walking with lions is the second phase of the lion farmers brutal exploitation of captive lions.
The lions are trained to walk with one group of tourists after another, day in and day out.
Walking with lions is the second phase of the lion farmers brutal exploitation of captive lions.
The lions are trained to walk with one group of tourists after another, day in and day out.
2. The selfie craze
Tourists think only of themselves when they want to take a selfie with young lions to show their friends. No one thinks about the miserable life or the dismal fate of these lions.
Tourists think only of themselves when they want to take a selfie with young lions to show their friends. No one thinks about the miserable life or the dismal fate of these lions.
3. Biomedical research
Some young lions are even reduced to the status of a lab rat. Darted, often many times, for questionable research by grant- funded academics.
Some young lions are even reduced to the status of a lab rat. Darted, often many times, for questionable research by grant- funded academics.
4. After the walking comes confinement
When these lions become too big to be trusted to walk with tourists, they are returned to the breeder to be crammed into overcrowded enclosures, to be grown out until they reach huntable size.
When these lions become too big to be trusted to walk with tourists, they are returned to the breeder to be crammed into overcrowded enclosures, to be grown out until they reach huntable size.
5. The final solution
This is when the adult lion is sold for canned hunting and placed into a fenced camp.
There he will die in agony, either from a hail of bullets or by a rain of arrows.
This is when the adult lion is sold for canned hunting and placed into a fenced camp.
There he will die in agony, either from a hail of bullets or by a rain of arrows.
What you can do
1. Write to the S.A. Government to end this industry. All SA conservation authorities emails can be found at our What You Can Do page
2. Inform tourism agencies in your town why they should only send their clients to ethical locations.
3. Write to S.A. Embassies/Consulates in your country asking them to end this industry.
4. Do not engage in cub petting.
5. Do not engage in lion walking.
6. Do not volunteer to take care of lion cubs.
7. Seek celebrity action to raise awareness of the SA canned hunting industry.
8. Spread the word of what is happening to our wildlife heritage on social media.
1. Write to the S.A. Government to end this industry. All SA conservation authorities emails can be found at our What You Can Do page
2. Inform tourism agencies in your town why they should only send their clients to ethical locations.
3. Write to S.A. Embassies/Consulates in your country asking them to end this industry.
4. Do not engage in cub petting.
5. Do not engage in lion walking.
6. Do not volunteer to take care of lion cubs.
7. Seek celebrity action to raise awareness of the SA canned hunting industry.
8. Spread the word of what is happening to our wildlife heritage on social media.