I have always believed ones ethics are his own. What is “canned” hunting or not“fair chase” can start to get somewhat blurred at times. Shooting game from a stand or blind over bait, the use of bait or food to attract the desired game, the use of dogs, large scopes,ultramag cartridges and long range shooting, archery hunting, European lodge type hunting, hunting private land where game is funneled or attracted to specific areas, hunting non native game placed specifically to hunt in high fenced areas, South American bird hunting where piles of birds are killed by a single shooter and so on have all been termed unsporting or unfair at one time or another. I have participated in some of the above.
As to the shooting of this lion with the Nowatny;
There is an attempt to convict the shooter in the clip in abstensia and without representation of a variety of accusations and personal attacks.
I am not here as his representative. I can be a witness as to when (what year) the castings for the gun were done and to state my opinion of the believability of the shooter. He is someone who I admire and respect, if he states the shooting was necessary, I believe it. I don’t know if a resolution or agreement on the Lion and the Paradox or The Lion Shooting Paradox will be reached on this forum, there is just too little first hand information.