African forest and savanna elephants have recently been classified as Critically Endangered and Endangered in the IUCN Red List of species, while African lions are classified as Vulnerable.

The "African elephant" is actually two species, as evolutionarily different as lions and tigers are from one another.

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South Africa maintains that its legal hunting industry adheres to international agreements and actually contributes to the welfare of species, including lion, elephant and rhino.

Elephant and lion heads belong on those animals, not on some trophy hunter’s wall African elephants at play at the Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya.

LONDON -- South Africa announced Sunday it plans to end its multimillion-dollar captive lion industry and said it won’t oppose the international ban on the rhinoceros horn and elephant ivory trade.