Hmmm, in several of those photos above, the rifle appears to be at full cock when posing for the photo, presumably with a live round in the chamber! Lucky the SMLE safety is a good one, but we all know how that can end.....

Perhaps the rifle is at half-cock!

A bit uneasy over the assistant about to eat the muzzle of that Mannlicher, too.

I don't mean to be overly critical though, perhaps we are spoilt with the luxury of perfunctory firearm safety in the western world. Nevertheless, its great to see these photos of big cats taken in modern times, and to appreciate that the dangerous ones are still removed by honorable methods rather than a gut-full of sodium fluoroacetate.