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07-03-2013, 10:25 #21
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06-10-2015, 12:01 #22
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Re: Please explain the Lion business to me
Springer is a bit cheeky but he has a point. (Not aimed at you M because you clarified your position.) Too many people read a few articles and then bestow honorary degrees on themselves. I think Springer is wrong in this case but perhaps his comments are aimed at the great unwashed!
I value comments made from experience and questions based on reading.
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06-10-2015, 12:10 #23
Re: Please explain the Lion business to me
Like reading the dates that people posted in this thread that has gone to grave?
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06-10-2015, 12:14 #24
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Re: Please explain the Lion business to me
ha ha - only read it now! Still valid though - Cecil!
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06-10-2015, 18:05 #25
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Re: Please explain the Lion business to me
While the thread has been resurrected now, allow me to add some recently gained knowledge. And it was not gained from watching canned lion videos...
The spread of bovine TB in the KNP seems to be unstoppable. The KNP lions also get infected (they eat buff), and often die from TB. So far, there is no effective treatment or cure for the whole population. It is quite possible that all KNP lions might die out in the not too distant future.
If that should happen, and it is a real possibility, the park will have to be re-stocked with fresh (uninfected) lions. Where will theses come from? The only relatively "safe" source are the many captive lions in the breeding programmes. The same scenario has already played out with other species.
While I have my reservations on the ethics of farming lions like sheep, this just might be the species' salvation. In this scenario, the "conservationists" who oppose the breeding of captive lions (that have to be financed by the hunting industry, who else?) if succesful, might just be the one's responsible for the extinction of the species. Strange world we live in.
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06-10-2015, 18:31 #26
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Re: Please explain the Lion business to me
@A-R
Very slim silver lining to that cloud...
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09-09-2016, 10:14 #27
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Re: Please explain the Lion business to me
I know the thread is quite old but I would like to give my opinion....ie the above quote.I have hunted Buffalo and Elephant in Zimbabwe on more than one occasion.I'm no no PH and have very limited experience compared to Bushboy but I can't agree with him more.Out of the big 5 excluding Rhino's ( let's say you replace them with Hippo),I would be the most nervous to hunt lion on foot.Especially in tall grass as we encountered in the Matetsi one year.Hunting over a bait might have merits to some individuals due to time constraints with clients etc,but ultimately the true challenge would be on foot.I,ve tracked Buff with lions also in the equation hunting same herd and it was nerve racking to hear them close and not being able to see.I believe that from a cost perspective and the way the world is going we might be the last generation to hunt the Big 5.Would I like to hunt a lion in the age old tradition of walk and stalk...definately ... would I be s#% scared ... hell yeah.
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