Three lions have been killed and butchered by poachers in South Africa for use in traditional medicine. These killings come a month after two other lions were killed in a similar manner by poachers in the Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary in Vaalwater, South Africa. While lion parts have long been used in traditional medicine, conservationists now raise concerns that poachers may be targeting lions at a greater rate in order to fill increasing demand for lion bones in Asian markets, which are being used as a substitute in tonics for the bones of Asian tigers, whose numbers were depleted by poachers.
Link: The Daily Mail