Still Waters Posted January 10, 2013 #1 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Zambia has announced a ban on hunting lions and leopards, saying the numbers of big cats are decreasing too quickly. http://www.telegraph...f-big-cats.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckskin scout Posted January 10, 2013 #2 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Excellent news but they still have poachers to deal with. I hope the big cat populations recover. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Render Posted January 11, 2013 #3 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Zambia has banned the hunting of lions and leopards because of the rapid decline in its numbers of big cats. Zambia's tourism minister said there was more value in game-viewing tourism than blood sport, which brought in just $3m (£1.9m) last year. Sylvia Masebo said the country did not have enough cats for hunting purposes. "Tourists come to Zambia to see the lion and if we lose the lion we will be killing our tourism industry," she told Reuters. While lions are found in all of Zambia's major parks, their numbers are limited. There are thought to be no more than about 4,500 lions in the whole country, while the leopard population is unknown. Neighbouring Botswana is banning all sport hunting from 2014, while Kenya halted hunting for sport decades ago. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20969868 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonPollock Posted January 11, 2013 #4 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I'm glad to see some countries finally taking hardline stances on hunting - about time IMO. How ironic the developing countries have more sense than some of the developed ones... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s33ker Posted January 11, 2013 #5 Share Posted January 11, 2013 about time ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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