‘Cecil effect’: Zimbabwe park may kill 200 lions as discouraged hunters result in ove

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‘Cecil effect’: Zimbabwe park may kill 200 lions as discouraged hunters result in ove

The lion killed by an American dentist and sparked worldwide outrage has resulted in fewer hunters and the lion population being unchecked and the lions destroying the populations of every other animal around. The park rangers are now forced to destroy up to 200 lions to protect the rest of the game reserves animals.

https://www.rt.com/news/333410-lions-hunters-africa-kill/
 
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Yes it is 2 years old. I recall at the time reading about outrage at the lion being killed. On the same page in the T.O. Sun was an article about the UN approving another $85million in food aid for Zimbabwe. The bleeding hearts were bent out of shape over a lion dying but it didn't even register that the government of Zimbabwe was starving its people. It is said a third of the population is in exile, another third is being fed by outside agencies and the last third are the political party doing the destruction.
 
I tried looking for an update to this story but was not able to find more info.

I think odds are high that they had to kill more then just 200 cats over last 4 or so years.
 
Daver_II said:
An update would be nice. And some mainstream coverage of the effect after 5 years.
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Look up the "Bubye Valley Conservancy".

When I hunted there in 2011 they had approximately 250 lions on the property (from an initial group of less than 20). By 2013 that number had grown to approximately 500.

When we were done (in 2013) we were told that 200 would be culled as their reproduction rate was not sustainable.

I think they were trying to raise public awareness this latest time. (90-day gestation period, 4-6 cubs per litter).

Oddly enough, no one wants extra lions running around their neighborhood. That includes people in the US and Europe.

Of course, the latter are busy dictating wildlife policy to the Africans.

Release 200 lions in Los Angeles county and see how they get along with the locals.
 
Oddly enough, no one wants extra lions running around their neighborhood. That includes people in the US and Europe.

Of course, the latter are busy dictating wildlife policy to the Africans.

Release 200 lions in Los Angeles county and see how they get along with the locals.


I like that. Same goes for Grizzlies in AB. and BC. :)

Grizz
 
As someone engaged in the business of grizzly hunting I have to actually voice a difference of opinion there. The Bubye conservancy in Zimbabwe I’ve been to as well, just visiting didn’t hunt it. It is an intensively managed game area, which is a wonderful thing and gives the species a sanctuary and pays for them. BC and Alberta aren’t intensively managed conservancies, quite the opposite, the species here struggle for their space against resource extraction and constant human encroachment. The conflicts in Bubye and BC with apex predators are fundamentally different, one is essentially a reintroduced captive group that is outbreeding its bounds, the other humans pushing into the animal’s home with constant development.
 
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