Get the biggest daily news stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailAn auction of stuffed animals has been slated by critics who say such sales promote dead creatures as souvenirs. A South African lioness at £3,500 was withdrawn from the sale after the Mirror contacted auctioneer Tennants. It came after the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting said lionesses are killed for their bones, used in medicine in South East Asia, with the skin then available to be stuffed as a profitable by-product. Spokesman Eduardo Goncalves said: “There are certainly questionsto be asked over their claims that the captive-bred lionesses are ‘ethically sourced’.”(Image: Tennants auctioneers)(Image: Tennants auctioneers)The auction guide says none of the animals were shot by trophy hunters. Tennants, which is holding the sale in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, said: “We act in accordance with the law.

Source: Daily Mirror June 13, 2019 21:29 UTC