The lion had a collar on and was lured off the preserve. Hunting? the guide should be charged.
People hunt open meadows because that’s where their primary animal’s food source is, it lures them out of the brush. People hunt corn and bean field because it lures the deer out of the wood’s. We hunt over water and grain field’s because that’s what lures waterfowl in. People hunt area’s that lure animal’s to them and have done it for centuries. As far as this cat goes I’d like to see the evidence that they lured him off, most likely he wandered off following the smell of bait hanging in a tree, a standard method for hunting big cat’s in Africa. As for the collar I’m not sure he saw it since the cat was shot at night or the mane may have covered it. they spent 40 hours trying to recover this animal which tell me allot when many would have given up after a few hour’s. Add in that they contacted the authorities and told them what took place. An unfortunate incident maybe but a criminal act?