Adorable Blue-eyed lion cub beautifully captured at Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda by baby animal specialist #wildographydudette & @rememberingwildlife #RememberingLions esteemed contributor @melissagroo. ・・・ ‘Do not get involved in lion cub petting as it feeds a huge, cruel business in Africa—captive lion breeding, particularly in South Africa, where over 8,000 lions are currently held captive in over 200 farms. Lion farmers have reduced “the King of Beasts” to a disposable commodity. Interactions with lions are not limited to South Africa; they have become increasingly popular in other African countries and across the world. Visit the multilingual web site LionPetting.com, which seeks to raise awareness about this brutal industry, which consists of not just cub petting and lion walks, but canned hunting and the lion bone trade. Each lion is exploited from the day he is born, until the day he dies. Don’t give your tourist dollars to one of these traps, ever, no matter how innocent it seems. Lionpetting.com is in six different languages, and is a great resource. If you love lions, care about their plight and want a magnificent coffee-table book then buy Remembering Lions. All proceeds from its sales goes to raising awareness and necessary funds to protect them all over and India.-- * * #RememberingWildlife #RememberingBooks #WildographyUganda #Wildography #wildlifephotography #melissagroo #murchisonfalls #wildlife #cute #babyanimals #wildlifeplanet #allnatureshots #nakedplanet #EarthCapture #lion #bigcats #savebigcats #liontrade https://www.instagram.com/p/B_VPZxggUdT/?igshid=19uq24p31ubvs