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A June 2007 story on CNN detailed canned hunting in South Africa and includes a video of a canned lion hunt where the animal is shot against a fence. [17] On November 30, 2014, CBS 's 60 Minutes broadcast a story ("The Lion Whisperer") about one man's sanctuary in South Africa for 26 lions, raised in captivity, which he rescued from the fate of ...
Canned hunting, where lions are chased down and shot in enclosures with no chance of a fair chase or escape, is also legal. ... There are more than 300 captive lion facilities in South Africa ...
The SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary is a 5,000 ha (50 km 2) wildlife rehabilitation center and reserve in South Africa's Limpopo Province, located a few kilometers south of Leydsdorp, and near the western boundary of the Kruger National Park.
Lion hunting is a subject of controversy in modern times. Currently, the lion is listed as a vulnerable species by the IUCN, and some subspecies are listed as endangered. Fewer than 20,000 survive in the wild, a reduction of 60% in the last two decades. There were estimated to be 1.2 million lions in 1880. [9]
Bones and body parts of at least 6,058 lions were exported from South Africa between 2008 and 2016. [35] Owners of private game ranches breed lions for the canned hunting industry. [ 36 ]
A suspected poacher was reportedly killed and almost entirely eaten by a pack of lions in South Africa over the weekend.
African Hunting Holiday is a 2008 British documentary by Louis Theroux. [1]Theroux journeys to Limpopo Province, South Africa to join the foreign holidaymakers who flock there to hunt big game in so-called "canned" safaris where animals are purpose bred to be hunted in enclosures, including controversial animals such as lions.
His work titled, ’Best Before’ was completed in 2020 to bring attention to the captive lion industry in South Africa. It features a lion cub in a tin can with an expiry date of 2025, referencing the age at which a captive lion could expect to lose its life in a canned hunt .