'White Lion' film highlights canned trophy hunting in South Africa

The film White Lion opens today in select US cities. The film follows the story of a white lion from cub to maturity, as he narrowly avoids the a common lion fate of being killed in a canned hunt.

Tourists pay up to $40,000 in canned hunts sanctioned by African governments to make a "trophy kill" of African cats that are bred in captivity and then hunted in a contained environment. The industry brings in $91.2 billion each year according to the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa.

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