EXCLUSIVE: Raised in cages to be hunted as trophies like Cecil, and so used to humans that they think their killers are bringing them food - the haunting fate of South Africa's 'canned' lions is exposed
Fresh outcry expected over fate of greatest of Africa's big cats as new movie is released about 'canned hunting'
Blood Lions will be screened next month on PBS and shows how hundreds of lions are raised to be shot as trophies
They spend their lives in cages then taste just a few days of 'freedom' inside reserves enclosed by electric fences
The animals are so used to humans that when they hear vehicles and pick up the hunters' scent they think they are going to be fed
Hunting a lion costs up to $30,000 and an estimated 500 Americans are among the trophy hunters who come to South Africa for the 'canned hunt'
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