South Africa ready to approve international trade in 800 lions from controversial ‘canned hunting’ industry

Born Free warns heinous trade threatens beleaguered wild lionsBorn Free Foundation has warned that South Africa’s intention to grant an annual commercial export quota of 800 skeletons sourced from captive-bred lions raised in canned hunting facilities could threaten wild populations and perpetuate suffering.Since the release of the film Born Free in 1966, Africa’s lions have declined by at least 80%. Today, as few as 20,000 individuals occupy just 8% of their historic range across Af