[tsotha]

>It's not about animal death, it's about killing an iconic animal (a lion) which we're already in danger of losing entirely.

Lions are not endangered. There are 20,000 of them in Zimbabwe alone.

[pvaldes]

Divide by two

[pvaldes]

Census 2004: Total estimates between 660 and 1415 Lions remaining in the protected (well studied) areas of Zimbabwe. Includes 15 big locations for this small country.

Source:

Bauer, Chardonet & Nowell (2006) Status and distribution of the lion in E-S Africa.

Bauer,H.(2003) Lion conservation in West and Central Africa. PhD Thesis, Leiden University, The Netherlands