Of course, if it was legal, it was legal. I don't the know whether it was legal. All I'm saying is that the reason so many people think it is weird is because it is weird. That's why he's gone underground. He isn't proud of any of this.
Lion: four paws equipped with claws that can gut you. A mouth full of big teeth. Superior strength and speed.
The man has gone underground because his business has been destroyed, he has been convicted in the Press of axe-murdering Bambi (a cartoon character).
The full force of the Liberal Media and the full force of the commercial writers of very outfit out there which puts sad-eyed starving puppies on your teevee late at night begging for money have turned against him in an effort to demonize him and consume airtime and column inches. In a universal appeal to feelings it is also a fine opportunity to conceal things like Planned Parenthood marketing human body parts from aborted babies, the Iran nuclear giveaway, and manipulate the emotional masses a la Trayvon into a frenzy against hunting and firearms, which remain on the Liberal agenda.
There are a lot of people out there who have a lot of pent-up angst and anger, and this guy just became the poster child for all that is wrong with the world, deserved or otherwise. No doubt he is facing death threats for killing an animal, while planned parenthood gets a pass for selling 'spare' parts from killing babies.
I'd rather take on the lion bare handed than the mass media and the ginned up hate of the unthinking public.