Watching the show tonight, and they were sedating some lionesses from a rescue for health checkups and their 2-year, birth-control inserts. She was doing general, overall checks of their bodies too, and when looking over one of the lioness's paws, she said that she had been declawed on her front paws.
One of the caretakers said that they'd come from a circus in Bolivia. I felt so sorry for them. At least they're as free as possible now, but they'll never be able to be truly free when they can't really protect themselves.