My former boss used to trophy hunt in Africa. He never ponied up the money for an elephant or a lion, but he shot lots of odd gazelles, sheep, and I think an orangutan...and lots of other small stuff.
His ‘trophies’ had to be preserved in Africa for at least a year, prior to being shipped here - to prevent spread of strange diseases.
He hunted in South Africa. Typically his guide would take the animal and his family would process the meat for sale, so the meat isn’t wasted. For poor parts of Africa, its a money making scheme - they charge fees to hunt these animals, and then get the meat. If westerners weren’t paying to hunt these animals, the South Africans would just hunt them themselves, for the meat.
Sounds like this dentist and/or his guides may have lured this lion out of a sanctuary - not good. But no reason for an international outcry or U.S. government intervention.
Thanks for sharing. Will use as ammo for Pam Anderson peta worshippers I come across.
No American should ever be extradited to Robert Mugabe’s jurisdiction. That would be insane.