END OF CAPTIVE LION TROPHY HUNTING?

Parliamentarians will seek to end the breeding of lions for trophy hunting and the trade in their bones, setting them 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 wildlife groups’ estimates. 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 $36m in-