We firmly believe that the best place for lions is in the wild. Unfortunately, we often encounter lions that have been bred in captivity or captured from the wild for use in zoos, circuses or as ‘pets’. For those lions that cannot be released into the wild, our focus is on affording them the best possible captive lifetime care in sanctuaries, and we lead through example in our management of facilities in Ethiopia, South Africa and Malawi, where the lions are housed in large, naturally vegetated and landscaped enclosures that aim to let them express as many of their natural behaviours as possible.