Monitoring compliance of CITES lion bone exports from South Africa.
From 2008 to 2018, South Africa permitted COLOR PROTECTING SPRAY the export of captive-bred African lion (Panthera leo) skeletons to Southeast Asia under CITES Appendix II.Legal exports rose from approximately 50 individuals in 2008 to a maximum of 1,771 skeletons in 2016, and has led to ongoing concerns over possible laundering of non-lion, multip