| grandveneur |
| (.400 member) |
| 18/10/23 08:28 PM |
Re: Comments on captive breeding of lions
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We seem to be forgetting that lion numbers will often increase to exceed the sensible upper threshold in a game conservancy or similarly managed area, and need to be controlled. It makes no sense whatsoever to waste conservancy or anti-poaching dollars on culling excess lions when they could attract high trophy fees from safari hunters. Too, local villagers will benefit from trophy fee dollars just as much as meat from buffalo or ele, income that would be denied to them if lions are culled rather than sold as trophies.
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These are the arguments of the hunters for the preservation of lion hunting, but arguments that are just as controversial as those of hunting opponents.
I remain of the opinion that a population of predators regulates itself depending on the food supply, meaning the grass eaters, which for many people are the main prey of their hunts in Africa and are therefore desired in large numbers in order to offer clients something to shot. The lions are then quickly declared as an overpopulation.