Lion drags away elderly man after he enters enclosure in South Africa The viral video of Mike Hodge's lion attack is not for the faint-hearted. Viewer discretion is advised.

A new research paper, based on interviews with whistleblowers at two closed-access lion facilities in South Africa’s North West Province, has uncovered concerning activities within South ...

South Africa’s lion farms are notoriously secretive, says Reinet Meyer, a senior inspector with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), which documents violations of animal ...

The 15-year-old lion was spotted on June 6, wandering injured and alone after fighting with rival males in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

In a highly controversial move, South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) recently announced plans to formalize the country's legal trade in captive-bred lion skeletons, proposing to ...

PAARL, South Africa — Freya, a 6-month-old lion cub rescued from the wildlife trade in Lebanon, poked a curious nose out of her transport crate and sniffed the air. Satisfied, she took her first ...