Save the lion

The Department of Wildlife and National Parks in the Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism (MEWT) has suspended the hunting of lions.

In a statement released on Monday, the department expressed concern that to date, lions continue to be killed at unsustainable levels.

The department noted that since 2005, it has been allowing a sustainable off-take quota of 1 per cent of the lion population targeting mature males only.

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