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Alarm as demand for bones leads to death of lions

One of the Lions during the World Lions Day at KWS Headquarters, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

African lions have been reduced from majestic kings of the jungle to commodities in the global lion bone trade, a situation that has led to steep population decline.

While Kenya has slightly over 2,400 lions, the populations have borne pressure not only to the global trade but also to retaliatory attacks, poaching, poisoning and shrinking habitats.

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