Canned hunting is a sport in many African countries where people pay to hunt tamed animals.
Lion and tiger cubs are born and raised in captivity, often under the auspices of a tourist attraction. Visitors come to cuddle, interact with and walk the young cubs. Because they are raised in close contact with humans, they become tame and lose their natural instinct for caution.
When these tamed big cats grow older, they are sold to organisations which arrange hunting holidays. Because they have lost their inhibitions around humans, this means that these beautiful creatures become easy prey and a guaranteed catch.
This is the atrocity that is canned hunting: breeding baby lions to be killed at the hands of rich holidaymakers.
Many of lions at LIONSROCK have been rescued from this dreadful fate. Visit the 4Paws website to learn more about canned hunting.