The area in which lions occur, total area in which trophy hunting occurs and the area across which lions are hunted.

aIn January 2012, a moratorium was imposed on the hunting of lions and leopards in Zambia;bExcluding 27 hunting blocks of unknown size (mostly game ranches);cThe smaller figure represents the actual area where hunting has occurred recently (due inter alia to political instability): in the recent past hunting (and lion hunting) was conducted over an area almost twice as large;dExcluding 2 state concessions of unknown size and potentially some private ranches where lions may be hunted;eExcluding 5 blocks of unknown size where lions are on quota and game ranches where lions may be on quota;fExcluding 24 blocks of unknown size where lions are on quota (mainly community areas for which size data are lacking).