Canned lion hunting: Dark shadow of South Africa’s wildlife

[nan]

we eat cow... but not Lion

[Richprins]

Interestingly, my hunting mates want rhino farming, but don't like canned lion...I really can't see the difference....we utilise animals as humans, nana...


Plankton netting? (Krill)

[Bushcraft]

I’m not against hunting and have hunted many times in the past on my uncle’s farm. It was part of our culture growing up.

My cousin on the farm was a master hunter as a teenager already and hunted at every opportunity. Upon finishing school he became a ranger on one of the fancy reserves next to KNP. After a few years he returned to run the farm, but no longer hunts at all. I have never asked him why, but for me it’s clearly obvious that his eyes have been opened to the negative side of taking what you don’t need.

Hunt what you eat when you need to eat, not for ego

Don’t hunt a predator that you don’t intend to eat.

I would like to force any lion “hunter” to eat the entire lion after he has shot it and then see if his ego allows him to hunt another

I have no respect for anyone who hunts to boost his personal ego

[Lisbeth]

[Richprins]

Agreed, but I'll take his money with pleasure...his problem!

[nan]

well said BC

we utilise animals as humans,

there is a lot of cans... human's cans all around the world

[Richprins]

Abattoirs and battery chickens all around the world?

[Bushcraft]

Agreed, but I'll take his money with pleasure...his problem!

Taking his money at what cost though

Ethics wouldn’t permit me to take his money

[Lisbeth]

Abattoirs and battery chickens all around the world?

Caged chickens are prohibited here I only eat eggs from free land chickens!

[Lisbeth]

Breaking news has also come out of the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa (PHASA) AGM. A motion has been passed that disassociates PHASA with the captive-bred lion industry until such a time that the industry can convince PHASA and the IUCN that the practice is beneficial to lion conservation. This came after canned lion breeders and supporters were apparently outvoted 147 to 103.

© Janine Avery

A post on the Facebook page, The ‘Con’ in Conservation states: “This won’t ever happen, so its over for them. Thanks to Ian Michler and his Blood Lions documentary, which made such a big difference.”

Blood Lions also stated on their Facebook page that the recent screening of their documentary on the lion breeding industry to European Parliament members, “may well turn out to be the most significant one to date.”

Following the screening, the UK government has decided to meet next week for a full debate on the conservation status of lions, including the role played by all forms of trophy hunting. There was a commitment from the MEPs to ensure that Blood Lions would eventually be seen by the politicians of every state in the EU.

Matthias Kruse, the editor of Jäger, the leading German hunting magazine, made the trip to Brussels especially to see Blood Lions. He announced after the screening that, as of next year, Germany’s leading hunting show that is held in Dortmund will no longer allow the advertising or selling of any form of canned or captive hunts. The show will also no longer allow the sales and marketing of any species bred as unnatural colour variations, such as golden wildebeest.

Blood Lions has also been invited to screen the film for Italian and Spanish parliaments next year.

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