There are two lion subspecies: the African lion, which lives in Africa, and the Asiatic lion, in India. The African lion lives south of the Sahara Desert all the way to northern part of South Africa.

After the U.S. import ban, the number of lion trophies exported from South Africa fell from 800 in 2015, to just six in 2016, according to PHASA.

Between 2008 and 2015, the South African Department of Environmental Affairs issued permits for the export of more than 5,363 lion skeletons, research has shown.

In a highly controversial move, South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) recently announced plans to formalize the country's legal trade in captive-bred lion skeletons, proposing to ...

South Africa says it will end its captive lion industry in a major move for conservation that would outlaw the heavily criticized “canned hunting” of the big cats and sale of their bones, as ...

A new research paper, based on interviews with whistleblowers at two closed-access lion facilities in South Africa’s North West Province, has uncovered concerning activities within South Africa ...

South Africa has offered its first ever tax incentives for the preservation of endangered species. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment said that, together with the ...

South Africa to Export 1,500 Lion Skeletons Per Year—Legally. South Africa has nearly doubled the amount of lion bones that can leave the country, in a move many say could encourage illegal trade.

PAARL, South Africa — Freya, a 6-month-old lion cub rescued from the wildlife trade in Lebanon, poked a curious nose out of her transport crate and sniffed the air. Satisfied, she took her first ...