It is estimated that thousands of lions are born and held in captivity in South Africa to feed the country’s “canned hunting” industry, in which hunters pay thousands of dollars for the chance to shoot and kill a lion. Tourists are duped into believing that this practice helps fund lion conservation while volunteers are tricked into believing these lions farms are humane places for lions to live. Read more about this brutal industry—and the lies that fuel it—at the link below.
Link: Haaretz