Canned Lion VS Wild Lion Hunting (Part II)

This is my second post on this subject, please read the first one if you are just joining this discussion.
As a recap – “canned” lion hunting (defined as a “hunter” shooting a trophy lion from a captive bred source) is a big industry in South Africa. The breeders provide the animals, they are put in [...]

Bones Of Content

In China, the way to pronounce Chardonnay seems to be Char-bone-nay
We are beginning to see some worrying trends in the illegal trade of animal parts – and this time it is not just about rhino horns, elephant tusks, bear gall bladders, and shark’s fins – it is about lion bones. Yes, you read that right, [...]

Tourism: Benefit Or Burden?

You will perhaps remember that movie “The Beach” with Leonardo DiCaprio – a tale of an undiscovered beach paradise in Thailand that a few wanted to keep for themselves? Outsiders not welcome? It all went wrong in the end, but the message of the film is interesting and relevant.
So hence my question – is tourism [...]

Medieval Lions and The Bestiaries

15th Century illustration
Lions have long and undeniably been a part of world culture and heritage. Here, I confer an aspect of the rich and varied involvement of lions in European Medieval symbolism and literature.
In Europe, Bestiaries, or descriptions of the characteristics of animals in illustrated volumes, became popular in the Middle Ages – especially around [...]

World Heritage Sites and World Heritage Species

The idea in this article came about after readers of this blog started to comment and contacting each other. It shows the power and opportunities of online communication!
World Heritage sites

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has a program to conserve sites of exceptional cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of [...]

Canned Hunting VS Hunting Of Wild Lions

The concept of “canned hunting” of animals like lions has recently
come under a microscope dialed to the optical level of “extensive
scrutiny”.

Canned Hunting
In a nutshell, the concept of “canned hunting” of lions means that the
“trophy” shot by the hunter has been raised through a captive breeding
program. There are many of these in South Africa, for example, [...]