A split in the ranks as some professional hunters still side for canned lion hunting and the debate continues in South Africa. “Canned hunting is fake hunting for people who choose their victim on-line, pay a lot of money to execute it and then boast about their ‘achievement’.” These are the words of environmental attorney, Cormac Cullinan, following PHASA’s recent decision to permit the killing of captive-bred lions as a legitimate form of hunting. On the 22nd of November, members of the Professional Hunters’ Association of South Africa (PHASA) voted at their AGM to reverse their policy against the hunting of…
