BARBARA JONES: ‘It is the most degrading and cruel of fates for the king of the jungle. Bred in captivity, lion cubs are torn from their mothers while still blind, a few days after birth. Growing up, they are petted as playthings for tourists until they are ready to be released into small enclosures where … Continue reading Lions taken from their mothers, reared in tiny enclosure, and shot by hunters before having bones sold as trinkets