In 2021, the South African government committed to shutting down the country’s captive-lion breeding industry, which provided animals for canned hunts. Among the sticking points slowing progress is what should happen to the thousands of lions that remain on private ranches.
It was called Operation Spirit of Freedom. It was the biggest animal rescue of its kind in the world. The campaign by UK-based Animal Defenders International (ADI) along with local authorities in Peru.