The Significance of African Lions for the Financial Viability of Trophy Hunting and the Maintenance of Wild Land

Peter Andrew Lindsey; Guy Andrew Balme; Vernon Richard Booth; Neil Midlane

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029332

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The Significance of African Lions for the Financial Viability of Trophy Hunting and the Maintenance of Wild Land

Peter Andrew Lindsey ,

* E-mail: palindsey@gmail.com

Affiliations Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, Panthera, New York, United States of America
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Guy Andrew Balme,

Affiliation Panthera, New York, United States of America
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Vernon Richard Booth,

Affiliation Harare, Zimbabwe
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Neil Midlane

Affiliations Panthera, New York, United States of America, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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The Significance of African Lions for the Financial Viability of Trophy Hunting and the Maintenance of Wild Land

Peter Andrew Lindsey,
Guy Andrew Balme,
Vernon Richard Booth,
Neil Midlane

Published: January 11, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029332

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Lion hunting effectively precluded

Posted by RCampbell on 24 Jun 2012 at 06:05 GMT

If lion hunting was effectively precluded
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It is unclear why emphasis is placed on lion hunting being precluded. There are no campaigns advocating for an Africa-wide lion hunting ban and no practical way of introducing or enforcing one. While a theoretical ban on lion hunting may be interesting to consider, this research would be more useful if it focussed on practical policy options, particularly those that are being proposed.

Competing interests declared: I was commissioned by the African Lion Coalition to review this article and have received payment for my services. The African Lion Coalition consists of several animal protection agencies including the International Fund for Animal Welfare, Humane Society International and Born Free.

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Lion hunting effectively precluded

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