Shakari--
Sorry, my mistake on your lion!!

Did the lion come into camp first or did the lioness's charge into camp ahead of him? Was there a problem sorting all this out at night?I have read the females do most of the hunting and the males much less so.

Taking a male would not affect the reproduction of the species like taking a female. With lion numbers in decline I would certainly agree that the females should not be taken unless someones life is in danger.

Someone once wrote that you could remove 90% of human males from the planet and still maintain the present reproductive rate with a low number of males and the present number of females!!

Sure would be hard on the guys left wouldn't it!