Call to Action after African Breeding Facility Exposed

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Anonymous photos of lions suffering in some gruesome conditions prompted an investigation and charges from the NSPCA. A lion breeding facility in South Africa was exposed for having hundreds of lions living in less than ideal conditions. Along with the lions, they also had tigers, leopards, and caracal, likely enduring poor conditions as well. The lion breeding industry is one rampant with cruelty from start to finish and this investigation certainly shines a light on some of the atrocities these lions are forced to endure on top of the awful lives simply being bred provides them.

Lions in the breeding industry endure nothing but cruelty from the minute they're born. 

• Lions are repeatedly bred which is unnatural to them as they typically spend 15 - 24 months between litters.
• Cubs are immediately stripped from their mothers' so that they can be sold to "cub petting" tourist traps where people pay to cuddle and take selfies with cubs.
• As the cubs mature, they are then sold off for various other entertainment purposes until they are too old.
• Once they reach an age that they are no longer suitable for entertainment, they are done away with either by allowing stupid rich people to pay to hunt them while they're caged and cannot escape OR slaughtered and have their bones / pelts sold and trafficked.

Photos taken from World Animal News

As WAN discussed, there are currently more lions in captivity than in the wild which is nothing short of alarming especially considering these lions are not being bred and released for conservation. They are being bred solely for the purpose of exploiting / profiting off of them. Lions are listed as a threatened species under the endangered species act so it is especially repulsive that these facilities aren't even trying to breed for the purpose of repopulating.

The lions in this specific case were all found to be suffering extensive hair loss because of Mange. They were in some cases found to be living in filth, in over cramped cages, and there were cubs found to have neurological disorders. So as if it isn't atrocious enough that these lions live this kind of despicable life of exploitation, they're also being kept in ungodly condition while they wait for their use to be up. It's a disgusting trade that profits off of the suffering of endangered animals and now that the NSPCA has investigated and charged this specific farm, it is my hope that they take it upon themselves to investigate the as many as 260 facilities operating. The fact is, it's never just one out of all of them that is doing things wrong, there are likely half or more of them that have these beautiful animals living in squalor until being slaughtered and something needs to be done.

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