Tame lion hunting to be banned
TOM STODDART/Getty Those who want to bag a lion but lack the hunting skill to track one down themselves are running out of time. As of June 1, South African lion breeders will no longer be permitted to offer “canned hunts,” whereby lions bred in captivity are released into small enclosures and gunned down by ...
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Those who want to bag a lion but lack the hunting skill to track one down themselves are running out of time. As of June 1, South African lion breeders will no longer be permitted to offer “canned hunts,” whereby lions bred in captivity are released into small enclosures and gunned down by tourists for a hefty fee. The practice has long been criticized as unseemly. As the South African minister put it:
To see people who are half drunk on the back of a bakkie (truck) hunting lions which are in fact tame animals is quite abhorrent.
One unforeseen consequence of the ban, however: It may now be necessary to euthanize 3,000 to 5,000 of the lions that have already been raised for the hunts.
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