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Shocking revelation: 12,000 lions held in captivity to be killed by tourists in South Africa - Times Now

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Ashcroft also claimed lion farming may also lead to another coronavirus type pandemic.

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  • Ashcroft also claimed lion farming may also lead to another coronavirus type pandemic.
  • The Daily Mail has published the excerpts of the book where the philanthropist has explained how the abuse of captive-bred lions in South Africa has become an industry.

New Delhi: Businessman and philanthropist Lord Ashcroft has made shocking revelations about the tourism industry in South Africa. 

Ashcroft through his book and an accompanying film has detailed how 12,000 lions are being bred in Africa only to be shot dead by tourists.

According to a report in Lad Bible, Ashcroft through his book, Unfair Game: An Expose Of South Africa's Captive-Bred Lion Industry, revealed how big cats are being reared only to be killed either for bone trade or trophy hunting. 

The Daily Mail has published the excerpts of the book where the philanthropist has explained how the abuse of captive-bred lions in South Africa has become an industry. 

"Thousands of lions are bred on farms every year; they are torn away from their mothers when they are just days old, used as pawns in the tourist sector and then either killed in a 'hunt' or simply slaughtered for their bones and other body parts, which are very valuable in Asia's so-called medicine market. In between, they are poorly fed, kept in cramped and unhygienic conditions, beaten if they do not perform for paying customers, and drugged," Ashcroft said in the book.

The book further goes on to say that, "This sinister system has sprouted up in plain sight in South Africa, inflicting misery on this most noble of beasts on an unimaginable scale."

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The revelations come after Ashcroft commissioned two undercover operations namely Operation Simba and Operation Chastise- over two years.
 During the investigation, the team found evidence of captive-breeding and killing of lions using a pack of dogs. Another gruesome video shows a lodge owner killing a lioness on a tree, before killing another one while she dies in pain. 

The businessman cum philanthropist has also claimed that there has been a warning from experts that lion farming may also lead to another coronavirus type pandemic.
 

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