Whenever a lion or elephant or some other animal that has been named by the general public is hunted, there is an immediate furor across the world.
This is understandable. There are those who will never accept hunting, and who have strong personal beliefs that no animals should ever be harmed by humans. In many cases, these detractors will decry hunting as wholly unethical even before all the facts come to light. Blondie the lion is a case in point. To catch you up to speed, Blondie was reportedly a five-year-old lion in Zimbabwe that was known to have spent time in Hwange National Park. The male lion, which had been fitted with a GPS collar for research purposes, was taken by a hunter in the Gwayi Environmental Conservation Area three weeks ago, and 10 kilometers from the park boundary. The safari and photojournalism organization that claims to have collared Blondie, Africa Geographic, has blasted the hunt and those involved as “deeply unethical.” Most major news outlets have echoe...
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