re: Cecil the lion's killer revealed as American dentist

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the hunting is part of the guided population control. they don't just assign the tags randomly. they use science to cull the herds to allow populations to sustain

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Again, you assume that to be the case without any support. There is no evidence that any tags are issued to kill specific lions or that they are required to be of a certain age or in ill health. If there is, let me know.

Too many people in this thread have said that the only lions that are killed are ones that will help the population sustain itself. I have not seen one iota of evidence, anecdotal or otherwise, that such is the case.

Do you really think someone pays 50K to go kill a past its prime, aging, frail lion? I think not.