Insight: Life

The haunting lion hunt: A lion too far

Isn’t it time to stop hunting them before they disappear?

17 June 2018 - 00:00

By DON PINNOCK

The killing of a lion in the Greater Kruger National Park last week sparked outrage. The lion was shot by an American hunter on a reserve adjourning the park, even though Africa’s population of wild lions has plunged 90% in the past century.

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