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An African animal campaigner is coming to Scotland to raise awareness of the canned hunting industry.

Chris Mercer wants to inform Scots about the practice where tame or drugged animals are enticed into an enclosed area to be shot by hunters.

Some animals, including lions, are bred especially for the industry and animal groups claim others are on the endangered species list.

He hopes pressure can be put on South Africa to ban the practice.

Four lions were still on the loose in the Bushbuckridge area of Limpopo, the provincial department of environmental affairs said on Sunday.

The department had already shot dead five of them after they apparently escaped from a private game reserve last week.

"I can confirm that we have put down five lions, they were threatening people's lives in that area," said spokesperson Moses Tseli.

"We can't equate human lives with that of animals. We call on the communities in that area, when confronted by those lions, not to chase or provoke them," he added.