This whole thing will blow over,zimbabwe makes millions off of legal Safaris each year.
Besides,the natives poisen the lions to cull them and protect thier Livstock.
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This whole thing will blow over,zimbabwe makes millions off of legal Safaris each year.
Besides,the natives poisen the lions to cull them and protect thier Livstock.
In Finland, reindeer farmers poach wolves to protect their cattle (even though they are financially reimbursed for every reindeer killed by a predator or in traffic accidents). And yes, in certain circumstances, it is possible to get a permit to put down a wolf. All that does not make it okay for foreigners to come and hunt them illegally.
Only comment I am going to make on the subject is that one must be a rather poor guide/ hunter to resort to luring an animal off a protected area to kill it. Unsportsmanlike conduct if there is such a thing for trophy hunters.
Seems there is another person accused of illegally hunting and killing a lion in a separate incident Pennsylvania gynecologist accused of illegally killing lion in Hwange National Park with bow and arrow | National Post . Odd isn't it that bows were the weapon of choice in both cases, wonder why under the circumstances.
Bob
Again you guys really should at least search your own laws before making off the cuff remarks
It took me less then one minute to find that using a light is legal in Ontario for certain species.. (Most often these are Predator, Varmint or Furbearing species on this side of the world)
Also the 40 hour track is an important part here about donating the meat which is the common practice in areas if Native people even want it.. After 40 hours depending on the bow shot (I am assuming it wasn't a good one since the lion went 40 hours) the meat was most likely tainted..
This is exactly why guides Guides and PH's are relied upon to keep a hunt legal and ethical..
I am not saying this one was, I personally wasn't there to know, the money is big here, and the PH is working for a tip also..
But the realities of Trophy hunting seem to be lost on most, as it really is all about what the media told you to believe in a Twitter and FB fed frenzy :(
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Also this isn't always in poor countries, You have to really search for it now but Steven Segal was actually caught up in an "Illegal" guided Elk hunt in Colorado...
His guide took him across a Unit Boundary line to shoot a Bull Elk...
The guide was charged and lost his license IIRC this was back in the 80's
http://www.ontario.ca/faq/are-people...-game-night-if
http://www.rondacamp.com/images/Blac...egulations.pdf
This definitely applies to big game species normally hunted in Ontario, moose, deer, and bear .
The only thing I can find that says you can use a spot light/jack light is in connection with raccoon hunting under the small game licence.
http://files.ontario.ca/environment-...ife/239852.pdf
Legal hunting for most game is normally between 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 after sunset so you really don't need to jack light, unless you are after raccoon.
Trapping regulations maybe different regarding jack lighting for the holder of a valid trappers licence. Not many licensed big/small game animal hunters have those.
Bob
Ugly people killing beautiful animals for the fun of it: disgusting.