NitroX
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| 29/07/15 07:39 PM |
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Re: Any thoughts on the 'Cecil the lion' story?
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On Tuesday, Zimbabwe National Parks issued a statement confirming the charges.
"Theo Bronkhorst, a professional hunter with Bushman Safaris, is facing criminal charges for allegedly killing a collared lion on Antoinette farm in Gwayi Conservancy, Hwange district on 1 July 2015," the statement said.
"All persons implicated in this case are due to appear in court facing poaching charges.
"Both the professional hunter and land owner had no permit or quota to justify the offtake of the lion and therefore are liable for the illegal hunt."
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Mr Bronkhorst, who will appear at Hwange magistrates court on Wednesday, said he was unaware of Cecil's fame.
"It was a magnificent, mature lion. We did not know it was well-known lion. I had a licence for my client to shoot a lion with a bow and arrow in the area where it was shot," he said.
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Lion hunting using firearms is legal in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Tanzania – and bow and arrow hunting is legal in all the same countries but Tanzania
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According to the Zimbabwe Professional Hunter and Guides Association, bow hunting is only permissible in private hunting concessions or communal hunting areas - never in a national park or government-controlled safari area.
Lions are hunted either statically, by hanging bait from a tree then hiding nearby, or by stalking.
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During the hunt – which the organisers later admitted was badly carried out – it was alleged that Cecil was lured at night about half a mile out of the national park using bait, and then shot with a bow and arrow. The next day he was found wounded by the hunters and killed, before being beheaded and skinned.
http://www.businessinsider.com/a-dentist...ons-2015-7?IR=T
Took all tge guff and bullshit out of the story.
The only questionable things seem to be whether the Outfitter and Landowner had a permit or quota to hunt a lion or not. It is contradicted in the fictional article.
The other questionable thing is the removal of the collar from the lion. But if skinning and removing the lion's head for trophy purposes, a collar would be removed anyway. And the outfitter informed Parks the next day.
Baiting is legal.
If the outfitter had the quota hunting a lion which leaves Hwange Park is legal.
From the article it says using a bow is legal in Zimbabwe for lion hunting.
The Gwayi Conservancy is a conservanmcy consisting of a number of private farms. So not part of the Park.
Killing a lion with a "name" is unfortunate due to the bad PR but not really relevant.
Killing a collared lion I believe is also legal if outside the Park.
"Luring" the lion outside the park ... if it was merely baited outside, not an issue at all.
Usual BS we expect nowadays from greenie press where the "lion king" exists in real life ...