I come from Canada where the hunt is tightly regulated. Men and women get tags to hunt deer, bear and moose – only according to populations of the animals. My dad hunts deer in the fall and he keeps a hunt camp in the north so I know the process. In some years there are few tags handed out if the populations are low, and in other years there are more. The hunters I know ALL eat their kill throughout the year, as a way to help them subside in depressed communities. I doubt these Emiratis hunting lions are doing it for food or population control of lions. It’s about male ego, and domination.

In some religions, like Judaism (certainly Hinduism), hunting animals is strictly forbidden. I think *this* is enlightenment.

This story starts the conversation, and Rooibos, can you tell us more about the unregulated hunting going on? Who’s coming in to hunt? We want to know.

And what part of the world is “enlightened,” that you speak of? It’s still permitted in ALL nations! Show me a nation where “hunting” has been banned and you’ll see the most enlightened nation on the planet. Killing other species – exterminating them because they are what they are – is “entertainment” for those who see lives as no importance. Take the weapons away from those fat towel heads and let them walk through that veldt and we’ll see *real* nature in action.