PROVINCE;YEAR;"PERMIT TYPES";CAPTIVITY;TRANSPORT;"No. of permits issued";"No. of facilities with valid permits";"No. of permitted felids";"Intra provincial";"Interprovincial - import";"Interprovincial - export" "North West";2017;36;77;"1,860 lions, 176 cheetahs, 65 leopards, 139 tigers, 16 other felids";"162 permits for 162 lions";"128 permits for 128 lions";"15 permits for 15 lions" 2018;47;83;"1,900 lions, 187 cheetahs, 68 leopards, 152 tigers, 16 other felids";"50 permits for 45 lions, 2 cheetahs, 1 leopard, 2 tigers";"55 permits for 45 lions, 4 cheetahs, 4 leopards, 2 tigers, 2 other felids";"16 permits for 12 lions, 2 cheetahs, 2 other felids" 2019;50;88;"2,032 lions, 213 cheetahs, 76 leopards, 175 tigers, 15 other felids";"51 permits for 44 lions, 1 cheetah, 4 tigers, 2 other felids";"57 permits for 46 lions, 3 cheetahs, 2 leopards, 3 tigers, 3 other felids";"20 permits for 15 lions, 2 cheetahs, 1 leopards, 2 other felids" 2020;41;90;"2,059 lions, 230 cheetahs, 82 leopards, 195 tigers, 14 other felids";"25 permits for 20 lions, 1 leopard, 2 tigers, 2 other felids";"23 permits for 18 lions, 4 cheetahs, 1 tiger";"7 permits for 2 lions, 1 cheetah, 4 tigers" Totals;174;;288;263;58 Notes;;"Total of 609 permits for 552 lions and 59 other felids" Year;"CAPTIVE HUNTING";"CITES EXPORTS" "No. of permits";"No. of facilities";"No. of lions";"No. of permits";"No. of Live export permits";"No. of felids" 2017;414;"No information provided";"414 lions";"“No record”";"No information provided" 2018;369;"369 lions";17; 2019;531;"531 lions";28 2020;230;"230 lions";6 Totals;1544;1544;51 Notes;"Total of 1,544 permits for 1,544 lions";"No information provided on species"