Demand driven; people want to bag a lion and most (obviously) dont have the funds or time to commit to a wild hunt, with an uncertain outcome. Lots of lies told to these hunters by RSA outfitters too... Some of the hunters dont really want to know the truth.

No different to XOS red stags in NZ, or huge whitetails in the USA ... no different at all. The lion just extracts different emotions from the viewer.