Zimbabwe park warns it may shoot 200 ‘surplus’ lions

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Zimbabwe park warns it may shoot 200 ‘surplus’ lions now that big game hunters are staying home.
BUBYE VALLEY CONSERVANCY, Zimbabwe — It is the country where Cecil the lion was killed, sparking international anger against the American dentist who shot him.




The outcry over Walter Palmer’s killing of Cecil drove other big-game hunters away from Zimbabwe, fearful they too would attract the ire of the public.

But in what is being described as a side effect of the affair, Zimbabwe’s largest wildlife area says it now finds itself suffering from an overpopulation of lions.

Bubye Valley Conservancy has more than 500 lions, the largest number in Zimbabwe’s diminishing wildlife areas.

It has warned that its lion population has become unsustainable and that it may even have to cull around 200 as a result of what is being called “the Cecil effect.”

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/bl...ns-now-that-big-game-hunters-are-staying-home

 

[Okie4570]

Sounds like an archery hunt in the making, I'd go in a heart beat.

 

[dennishoddy]

I'm in!

 

[Okie4570]

I want a summer hunt, only way to hunt lion is in a loin cloth......................

 

[dennishoddy]

And a spear.....

 

[DRC458]

I was all ready to go until you mentioned a loin cloth. There are some things I just don't want to see.

 

[milsurp2.0]

How does one lion gone create a scenario where 200 need to die? That's a little extreme.

 

[Wheel Gun]

And a spear.....

Wimp. I'm in using my Leatherman.

 

[jakeman]

How does one lion gone create a scenario where 200 need to die? That's a little extreme.

Seriously?

 

[Okie4570]

I was all ready to go until you mentioned a loin cloth. There are some things I just don't want to see.

Prior to my last Spotted owl hunt.............