Two years after Cecil the lion was killed by a trophy-hunter in Zimbabwe, prompting global outrage, his son may have met a similar sad end. Xanda, a six-year-old lion with several young cubs, was reportedly shot on a trophy hunt. He is said to have died outside the Hwange National Park in northern Zimbabwe. The lion had been fitted with an electronic tracking collar by Oxford University researchers.
The BBC's Africa Correspondent, Andrew Harding, reports that at the age of six, Xanda was old enough to be legally targeted by big game hunters. These individuals, many from the US, UK and South Africa, pay tens of thousands of pounds for the deadly pursuit - thereby funding the staff who protect other wildlife in the National Park.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday July 21 2017, @06:32PM
Twist to the "hunting the hunters" game suggested above: When the hunters think they get a break to rest and eat, there are hooks in their food, which dig into their jaws and drag them underwater in the nearest pond for a minute or two. On a vote of the public deciding whether the hunter is too small, the hook is ripped out of the mouth, and the hunter is thrown back to dry ground.
"Sport" fishermen ...