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A worker cleans the skin from a freshly shot lioness.
Proponents of canned hunting argue that local people are employed both directly and indirectly (eg hotels, catering, transport). The hunter will take the skin and skull home as trophies. The other bones will be exported to the Far East for use in traditional Chinese medicine. While legal, this practice has dramatically increased the illegal trade of wild lion bones, especially now that tiger bones are so scarce. It will also increase the potential illegal trafficking of all other felids.
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Brent is a Senior Correspondent for Getty Images. He does most of his work for National Geographic Magazine, focusing on the intersection of humans and the environment.
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