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Lots of lies told to these hunters by RSA outfitters too....

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No different to XOS red stags in NZ, or huge whitetails in the USA ... no different at all. The lion just extracts different emotions from the viewer.

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Agree 100%. Except that I would imagine a pen-raised deer adjusts to his new environment easier than a pen-raised lion. Lion social structure being much more refined than that of deer would suggest that a released lion can't just go join the herd. (or pride- which there's probably not one out there anyway, but even if there was he wouldn't be welcome)

So it would be like dropping a lifelong country boy in the middle of New York, where he would be alone in a very strange environment, and that unfamiliarity makes him that much more vulnerable.

I'm essentially splitting hairs and in no way am I defending put-and-take hunting. I generally agree with the hunting as conservation argument, but I think it crosses the line when it comes to canned hunting of lions, which does not provide any sort of benefit to the species as I see it.

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