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Man Eating Lions

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Unfortunately, lions breed well in captivity and are used in circus acts and pay-to-play schemes where you pay to pet a baby big cat or have your picture taken with one.  Baby lions outgrow their usefulness as petting props by the time they are four months old, but lions have a life expectancy of 20 years in captivity.  So, what happens next?  These lions are often sold to canned hunts where they can be shot in their cage.  Apparently, the others are being sent to the slaughterhouse and offered as an exotic meat delicacy.

Breeding, petting, killing and eating lions are inextricably intertwined.  In order to protect the cats from the inhumane practices described above, we must first take action to stop the breeding of exotic cats in the United States. 

 Would you be shocked to know that you can pick up your phone, call a 1-800 number and order a lion steak for dinner? 

Unfortunately, it is legal in the United States to raise lions for human consumption.  Several restaurants have included lion meat on their menus, much to the dismay of big cat lovers and animal activists alike. 

 We must work together to ask our elected officials to take steps to stop this horrible practice!  We must also let the providers of lion meat know that this practice is simply not acceptable. Let's urge Congress to direct the United States Department of Agriculture to end the practices that result in exotic cats ending up on menus by ending the breeding and private possession of these animals. 

Also, let's ask the provider of lion meat to the United States to take if off the menu.  

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Our country is in desperate need of tougher laws regulating the breeding and possession of exotic animals, particularly exotic cats.