In a case similar to that of Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer, who killed a well-known lion named Cecil near Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, a Pennsylvania doctor has now used a bow and arrow to kill another lion on private land near the same park. According to Born Free USA and Born Free Foundation, more than 560 wild lions are killed every year in Africa by “international trophy hunters” and “up to 62 percent of trophies from these kills are imported into the United States.” The number of lions in Africa has decreased by more than 50 percent—from 75,800 in 1980 to about 30,000 now, said Adam M. Roberts, CEO of Born Free USA and Born Free Foundation. Born Free has urged the U.S. government and the European Union to “take urgent steps” to end the import of lion trophies into their countries and have called for an international moratorium on lion hunting.
Link: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette