Annamiticus presents "Behind the Schemes" -- a web series and podcast which discusses how commerce, corruption, and counterfeit cures are destroying our Planet's precious wildlife. In this episode, host Rhishja Cota-Larson discusses the "Increased Demand for Lion Bones" with Dr. Pieter Kat from Lion Aid.
Now that suppliers for the traditional Chinese medicine trade have depleted the world's wild tiger population to fewer than 4,000 tigers, they are turning to lions as the main ingredient in the various health potions and wines previously made from tiger bones and body parts.
Dr. Pieter Kat of Lion Aid gives us the inside story on how the existing legal trade in lions is contributing to this worrying trend.
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