African lions aren't strictly speaking endangered, but they have still undergone a dramatic reduction in range and numbers during the last century. They are more or less limited to national parks and reserves, because outside these areas they tend to be shot or poisoned as they threaten people and livestock.
That being said I can't imagine what kind of cruelty it takes to farm such an animal. I am no vegetarian , I fucking hate PETA , and I strongly belive that we must eat meat if we are to survive as a species. There are many many many hungry people out there and hungry people should not have to apologize to anyone for who or what they eat. But c'mon lions? They are borderline endangered, and are way higher than us on the food chain naturally.
So NO I would not ever eat a lion and i would like to find the assholes farming them and beat them to a bloody pulp , then proceed to feed them to said lions.