- South Africa almost doubles annual quota of lion bones exported for traditional Chinese medicine: Rising sales of the big cats’ skeletons are undermining efforts to decrease demand in Asian markets, conservationists say. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/lions-bones-south-africa-tigers-ramaphosa-exports-poaching-canned-hunting-traditional-chinese-a8459216.html 16 comments worldnews
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- South Africa traffics thousands of endangered wild animals to China in ‘corrupt and growing’ trade, investigation finds | The Independent | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/china-wildlife-trade-coronavirus-south-africa-illegal-rhino-lion-bat-ems-a9513226.html 1060 comments
- Lions cubs too sick to walk due to squalid conditions at South African breeding centre | The Independent | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/lions-south-africa-photos-canned-hunt-tigers-leopards-animal-cruelty-a8900906.html 47 comments
- British hunters encouraged by killing of Cecil the lion to shoot more big cats in South Africa’s deadly breeding farms | The Independent | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/lions-canned-hunting-cecil-south-africa-trophy-imports-a8890316.html 21 comments
- Lions are bred on farms for 'canned' hunting or for their bones to be sold for fake medicines but visitors are not given the reality | The Independent | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/south-africa-orphan-lion-cub-holiday-scams-tourists-money-extinction-numbers-big-cats-a8489771.html 12 comments