Three young male lions have been shot at Tsutsubega. Delayed, partial payouts to farmers do not stop this. LionAid’s Merrueshi lights and community herd do.
Three young lions shot at Tsutsubega. Paying farmers later does not stop this. Read More »
A new documentary calls trophy hunting ‘not black and white’. We agree, but the evidence is worse than the film lets on. Point by point, with the figures: the revenue that never arrives, the land the industry has abandoned, the collapse ‘it pays it stays’ has presided over, and the way ‘culling’ is used to sell the hunt.
The Uncomfortable Truth About Trophy Hunting: The Numbers the Documentary Left Out Read More »
Yesterday, LionAid met with Ministers and officials at the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA). We arrived with a clear message, backed by 11 years of tireless campaigning and the support of hundreds of thousands of you.
The outcome, however, was a bitter pill to…
The Line in the Sand: Why is the UK Government still stalling on Trophy Hunting? Read More »
The tall grasses of the Mara didn’t part as easily as they once did. For a magnificent lion we will call Tau, a pride male whose golden mane was now peppered with the grey of many seasons, the world was becoming a much smaller, quieter place.
The Shrinking Horizon
Decades ago, Tau’s ancestors ruled…
The shrinking horizon Read More »
For years, we have been told that a ban is “coming.” We’ve seen manifestos pledged, Private Members’ Bills introduced, and passionate debates in the House of Commons. Yet, as of March 2026, the UK remains a destination for the “souvenirs” of a dying industry.
At LionAid, our stance has never…
The Line in the Sand: Why the UK Must Finally Shut the Door on Trophy Hunting Read More »
US Secretary of the Interior writes to UK Environment Secretary to express displeasure about Labour’s Manifesto Pledge to ban the import of hunting trophies.
Last week, Doug Burgum, the US interior secretary, warned of “unintended consequences” from the Government’s proposed crackdown on hunters…
Happy Christmas from LionAid!
As the year draws to a close and the festive season is upon us, the entire team at LionAid would like to extend our warmest wishes to all our incredible followers and supporters around the globe.
We wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas filled with joy,…
We would like to wish all our followers a very happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year! Read More »
As promised, we are now further exploring the topic we posted here last week – Trophy Hunting as a Wildlife Crime.
For this report, we only looked closely at Tanzania. But the same issues discussed here equally applies to very many other African nations involved in trophy hunting. However, there is…
Part Two of Trophy Hunting as a Wildlife Crime Read More »
The weight of well-documented evidence against trophy hunting operators is voluminous and compelling. Yet many in academic circles, international organizations like CITES and the IUCN, of course among trophy hunting lobbying organisations like Safari Club International, Dallas Safari Club, CIC, and…
Trophy hunting should be considered a wildlife crime Read More »
As we continue to remind the world that it’s now 10 YEARS since Cecil was killed and yet we STILL allow hunting trophies into the UK, we were once again in the UK Parliament yesterday ( our second event there in less than a week) to show what trophy hunting looks like and how it continues to…
Last week, we published our 2025 Synthesis of Lion Numbers in Africa and Range States’ Capabilities to Conserve their Lion Populations.
The figures presented revealed an estimated total of 13,014 lions in eastern and southern Africa. Furthermore, they reported a critically low figure of 342 lions…
How many wild lions left on the entire African continent? Read More »
Westminster, London – On Tuesday the 1st July,
the day that Cecil the Lion was killed by a trophy hunter 10 years ago, a significant meeting was held in Westminster, organised by Eduardo Goncalves of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting and Christine Macsween from LionAid, to commemorate the 10th…
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