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. 2017 Oct 24;12(10):e0185996. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185996

Table 3. Number and proportion of wild-sourced and captive-bred lion bodies and skeletons originating in South Africa listed on issued CITES permits and destined for East-Southeast Asia from 2008–2015.

Wild-sourced (W) a,b Captive-bred (C) Other c Total
Skeletons 315 (6%) 4981 (94%) 20 (0.4%) 5316
Bodies 71 (30%) 164 (69%) 1 (0.4%) 236

a Figures for wild-sourced lion skeletons and bodies from South Africa are elevated to an unknown degree due to a misinterpretation prior to 2012 of the meaning of ‘wild’

b Excluded from the wild-sourced column are 47 skeletons from Namibia and 5 bodies (from Namibia, Tanzania or Zimbabwe)

c 20 Unknown (U); 1 Ranched (R)