Pros And Cons For The Export Of Lion

• US, the biggest importer of lion trophies added new protections for lions under the ESA  listed subspecies of lion found in eastern and southern Africa as endangered making it harder for hunters to import lion trophies (west and central African, and Indian lions are already listed as endangered)  and people already convicted of a WL violation will be denied a permit for importation.

• In US hunters would have to get a permit from the FWS to bring back trophies (have to have direct proof the import will enhance the survival of the species)

• A coalition of 10 African countries banned together to propose stronger international protections that ban the commercial trade of lions and their parts

• More than 40 airlines including delta, American airlines, British Airways, and Air Canada banned the

A report by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization found only 3% of hunting revenue went to communities living in the area. Local communities are key stakeholders for conservation initiatives yet they receive minimal benefits. (Pinncock 2015). If licenses are systematically faked or never checked, conservation benefits may never be seen.

- Large disparities are seen between areas. Where management levels are similar, the conservation results from big game hunting are lower than those of neighboring national parks or reserves. The 15K jobs generated all over Africa is low considering the eight main big game hunting countries have a population of 150M and hunting takes up 16.5% of their territory. There is typically lower animal population density in hunting areas than in national parks (UICN 2009).

- A report by the Economists at Large report suggests that trophy hunting contributed to less than 1% of tourism revenue in 8 African countries (UICN 2009).