To my mind, canned lion hunting is little more than terminal ballistics testing...... I agree with NitroX. I detest the thought of canned hunting and don’t have much more love for high fence operations, where a “hunter” can pick his buffalo by the numbered tag in it’s ear....

None the less, canned lion hunting serves a purpose as evidenced by a population of 8000 that far exceeds the wild populations in RSA........ To legislate the end of canned hunting, is to my mind to set RSA on a course that will encourage poaching...... If there are people out there that want to shoot a captive raised lion, so be it. It is not something I have interest in doing, but I will elect to be non-judgmental on this one in spite of my overbearing propensity to be so disposed.