📢 YOU’RE KILLING THEM SOFTLY 📢 Paying to pet, walk or watch captive lions fuels cruelty for profit ❌🦁 Their lives are short, their suffering real. You’re not helping them — you’re killing them softly. 🟢 Say no to captivity. 🟢 Say no to exploitation. #TheyFeelToo#CancelCaptivity
Blood Lions & @ecotrainingafrica spoke with @travelweeklyus about overcrowding at the Serengeti Mara River crossing. The debate highlights urgent issues in ethical wildlife tourism—guest expectations, guide challenges & trade responsibility. Listen to full podcast 🎧👉: tinyurl.com/58tcypwy '
South Africa is top global wildlife supplier, exporting 16+ million live wild animals (2013–2023), incl. 5,500 predators. Many go to China and Vietnam with poor welfare records, fueling trade in bones, skins & meat. SA has a moral obligation to protect these animals. #TheyFeelToo#CancelCaptivity
In response to an intended zero lion bone export quota, industry claims that trade protects wild lions remain unproven. Research shows no evidence that captive breeding safeguards wild populations. With lions already in decline, caution—not commerce—is needed. More: tinyurl.com/297h4436
In SA’s captive predator industry lions & other predators suffer deeply. Poor diets, disease, stress & confinement lead to obesity, injury, pacing, self-mutilation & mental distress. Their welfare is compromised for profit. #TheyFeelToo#CancelCaptivity More: bloodlions.org/theyfeeltoo6/
❓Does captive lion breeding help conservation❓Research by Blood Lions & @WorldAnimalProtection shows 🦁 Little evidence of wild lions used to restock farms 🦁 Criminal links & weak enforcement enable laundering of wild parts ➡️ No proof lion farming benefits wild lions. #CancelCaptivity#BornToLiveWild
📸 #KeepItWild Challenge! Reminder 📸 Submit your wild big cat photo + background story by 24 Oct 2025. Open to all photographers 👉 tinyurl.com/59ka8b43. Entries will join an open letter to SA’s Minister urging a ban on captive lion breeding. Share & take action! #CancelCaptivity
In SAs commercial predator industry not only lions, but leopards, cheetahs, servals, tigers & more are bred. Torn from mothers, used for petting & photo props, sold to zoos, and traded for parts. Their suffering is the same. #TheyFeelToo Time to #CancelCaptivity More: tinyurl.com/7426xs8a
❓Does captive lion breeding help conservation❓Blood Lions & @WorldAnimalProtection reviewed existing research: 🦁 Consumers still prefer wild parts 🦁 Demand may even grow 🦁 No proof farmed parts are cheaper ➡️ Little to no evidence it eases pressure on wild lions. More: tinyurl.com/3nu43mh4
South Africa’s captive lion population is nearly 3x our wild population. In addition to 8,000 captive lions, thousands of other predators are exploited commercially. Contrary to industry claims, commercial captive breeding of lions has no conservation value. More: tinyurl.com/mrrjwdj3
Rarities, like white lions, lions with dark manes, or white tigers are widely bred in SAs captive predator industry for their trophy hunting value. They’re bred from small founder populations causing inbreeding & welfare issues. #TheyFeelToo Time to #CancelCaptivity More tinyurl.com/7426xs8a
Can commercial captive lion breeding in South Africa ease pressures on wild lions? Blood Lions & @World Animal Protection reviewed 160+ studies on consumer preferences, supply & demand, costs, restocking and illegal activities. Stay tuned as we share our findings. More: tinyurl.com/378743cz
Shocking safari scenes—from charging elephants in Botswana to chaos in Tanzania’s Serengeti —raise concerns about unsafe & unethical wildlife tourism. In @ATTA webinar we explored the causes & links to captive tourism, urging integrity & respect in the industry. Watch: tinyurl.com/442wfs39
Stripes, Manes & Myths - South Africa’s predator industry breeds ligers - cross-breed between male lion & female tiger. Ligers have no conservation value. Many suffer birth defects, cancer, organ failure & short lifespans. Bred for profit & entertainment. More: bloodlions.org/liger_facts/
South Africa’s captive predator industry is tied to tiger trade in SE Asia. Tigers are speed-bred in squalid farms, butchered for bones, claws & teeth made into jewelry and skins & meat to feed luxury markets. Extinction for sale. #TigerMafia#CancelCaptivity More: tinyurl.com/5adccdnf
📢 Exciting news 📢 Dr Neil D’Cruze joins the Blood Lions Board of Directors. With 20+ years experience in conservation & animal welfare, his expertise in wildlife trade and human-wildlife conflict will strengthen our advocacy, research & policy efforts for captive predators. Welcome, Neil!
This South African #HeritageDay, we celebrate not only our rich and diverse cultures but also our natural heritage. Lions symbolise strength, courage and ancestral power, woven into our stories and identity.Let’s honour them wild and free. #CancelCaptivity#HeritageDay2025 Photo credit: Katie Nicolle
South Africa’s captive predator industry exploits lions & other big cats for profit 🐾. Cubs torn from mothers, malnourished, neglected & denied natural instincts—all for human entertainment. Don’t be part of the problem. #CancelCaptivity#KeepItWild More: tinyurl.com/5adccdnf
South Africa’s captive predator industry exploits big cats in tourism experiences, to be bottle-fed, as selfie props, circus acts, and caged for their “educational value”. This is not conservation. It’s time to say NO. #CancelCaptivity#KeepItWild More: tinyurl.com/5adccdnf
📢 Breaking news: New study finds no evidence that captive lion breeding benefits wild populations. With rising calls to end lion farming, experts urge South Africa to redirect resources toward strategies that truly protect wild lions. More: tinyurl.com/378743cz
South Africa has minimum requirements for enclosure space for lions, but most other big cats are not afforded such standards. Their cages can be as small as 10x14 m for three young leopards. This impacts their welfare further due to the inability to exercise. #TheyFeelToo Time to #CancelCaptivity
In South Africa’s captive predator industry, 1000s of predators in addition to lions are exploited. Tigers, cheetahs, leopards, caracals, and even servals and black-footed cats are #HeldCaptive and bred for commercial uses and profit. More: tinyurl.com/5adccdnf
