Left: Prepared lion skeleton (credit: Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC); Right: Lion at a commercial breeding facility in South Africa (credit: Roberto Vieto/World Animal Protection).
Part of: Elwin A, Asfaw E, D’Cruze N (2024) Under the lion’s paw: lion farming in South Africa and the illegal international bone trade. Nature Conservation 56: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.56.124555