Can hunting save lions? (Conservation).(Brief Article)

Concern over the future of Africa's most iconic cat prompted officials in Botswana last year to ban all lion hunting there. The move sparked a predictable outcry from big-game hunters around the world, but even some wildlife biologists are wondering whether the blanket ban--which applies to hard-pressed livestock farmers as well as affluent trophy hunters--will do more harm than good.

"I'm not in favor of a total ban," says Paul Funston of South Africa's Endangered Wildlife Trust. "The real solution lies in giving the local people incentives to tolerate lions on ...

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