Lions

Sir David Attenborough calls for conservation funding from firms that profit from animal imagery - but Lion King maker's support is paw.

Industrial-scale farms are being used to supply big cats for use in traditional asian medicines, new study finds.

A British company is organising hunts of captive lions for trophy hunters, finds investigation by the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting.

Two thirds of Africa's lions have been lost in 35 years, and would-be hunters are increasingly shooting captive, farmed and often tame lions in 'canned hunts'. Claims are that this helps to preserve wild lion populations - but Dominic Dyer fears the reverse is the case.

Across Africa, the traditional idea of safari parks is getting an overhaul - and where once locals were excluded, models with community involvement are finding long-term success