Press release on documentary exposing SA’s Captive Lion Industry
“Lions, Bones & Bullets” is a new documentary exposing SA’s Captive Lion Industry and follows the wildlife trafficking trail to Laos and Viet Nam.
British author Richard Peirce talks to lion farmers and hunters in South Africa who are exporting lion bones to Southeast Asia for the traditional medicine trade, supplementing the tiger bones trade. Peirce uncovers the elaborate wildlife fraud of processing lion bones into “food products”, which could contain zoonotic diseases that can potentially lead to another pandemic.
Exclusive screening in South Africa, 15 Dec ’22
