Tell South Africa to Stop the Canned Hunting of Lions https://youtube/watch?v=-eDDm_XKL2Y thepetitionsite/580/226/780/tell-south-africa-to-stop-the-canned-hunting-of-lions/?z00m=20913661 South Africa is home to a shameful industry that poses an even greater threat to an already endangered species. The practice of canned hunting is common in South Africa, which currently has more lions in captivity than in the wild. Canned hunting breeds lions into captivity in so-called sanctuaries. Lion cubs are taken away from their mothers too early so that they may be pet by tourists. When they are too old, these tame lions are released into large enclosures so that they may be easily hunted and killed by tourists—often by arrows, which is not a quick or painless death. Once the lions are killed, their heads are exported as trophies to North America and the EU, where the majority of hunters come from. The rest of the skeletons are exported to Asia, where they are sold as part of the tiger bone industry. The New Zealand Herald reports that the African lion population has been diminished by 75% in the past 20 years due to . The charity LionAid notes that many countries have experienced local extinctions of lions and that many more could also lose their lion populations in a decades time. This includes the rarer white lion, which is more coveted by trophy hunters. Join the thousands of protestors who will be marching across the globe against canned hunting this weekend by signing this petition! thepetitionsite/580/226/780/tell-south-africa-to-stop-the-canned-hunting-of-lions/?z00m=20913661
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:46:53 +0000
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