Target: Edson Chidziya, Director-General of Zimbabwe Parks & Wildlife Management Authority
Goal: Ban all raffles that allow people to kill innocent lions in cold blood.
Innocent lions are being hunted by hunters who win unethical raffle drawings. We need to take action to ensure such raffles are stopped in order to save the lives of countless lions.
While some hunters claim that “trophy hunting has its place in conservation and on the continent,” there are alarmingly one-fourth fewer the number of lions left in the country than there were only 50 years ago. Therefore, hunting lions to help conservation efforts simply does not make sense and is not supported by the evidence.
Conservation objectives will likely not be met if the lion population continues to dwindle below the current estimated count of 1,000-1,700 animals, as will likely occur if raffles continue. While these numbers may seem high, they are better put into perspective when one considers 800 lions were recently killed during a 10 year time span and that the population of these animals has never fully recovered.
Although a recent lion hunt in Zimbabwe was canceled due to public outcry, the practice is still perfectly legal.
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