https://www.france24.com/en/20181127-safrican-mps-seek-end-captive-lion-trop
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27 November 2018

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) –

South African lawmakers will seek to end the breeding of lions for trophy
hunting and the trade in their bones, setting parliament on a collision
course with a powerful industry.

South Africa has as many as 8,000 lions in captivity being bred for hunting,
the bone trade, tourism and academic research, according to estimates by
wildlife groups.

By contrast there are just 3,000 lions in the wild, living in the country’s
national parks where hunting is prohibited.

Trophy hunting is a $36-million industry, but parliamentarians have been
emboldened by high-profile global campaigns to push for its demise.

A committee of lawmakers responsible for overseeing environmental affairs
recommended on November 12 that the government reconsider the rules
governing the breeding of captive lions for hunting and bone harvesting.

The global trade of body parts from lions killed in the wild is banned by
international…