

Lion's Hope
In a recent policy about face and a major blow to the anti-hunting organizations such as the Humane Society of the Untied States, US Fish & Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe announced wild and wild-managed lions from South Africa will once again be granted US import permits. However the prohibition of captive bred lions from South Africa will continue to be banned from importation. The change in the lions status is due to the Fish & Wildlife’s determination that scientifica


USFWS Ruling is Killing the African Lion
It's human nature. When humans have a personal bias, it usually shows up somewhere. It is no different for scientists and their research. Remember the "cigarettes won't harm you" research from the tobacco industry in the 60's and 70's? And often, when it comes to scientific evaluation of the sport of hunting, trials, tests, research and data are sometimes skewed to prove or disprove the question, depending on author's personal views. But it's not the case for Dr. Luke Hun


The Legacy of Cecil
The recent killing of Cecil the lion created an unusually virulent outrage. As a television producer who has traveled to Africa over forty times to shoot our television series, Safari Hunter’s Journal for Sportsman Channel, I have a unique insight as to how this hunt ultimately went wrong and why so many are so upset about it. First, the facts: A lion was shot and wounded on private property in Zimbabwe. It was lured from the adjacent National Park by bait(s) set out by the