The people may change their minds about hunting when the lions start stalking and eating them !!!

Cecil the Lion: 'Knee-Jerk' Reaction May Hurt Wildlife, Zimbabwe Guide Says by Zainab Abdul Aziz and Sigi de Vos

The public's "knee-jerk" reaction over Cecil the lion could result in the destruction of wildlife habitats across huge parts of Africa, according to a photographic safari guide.

Russell Gammon said hunting for sport was a "bittersweet pill that we have to swallow" because of the revenues it distributed to conservation efforts.

Cecil the lion Andrew Loveridge / Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at Oxford University

"The act of hunting of animals themselves is not beneficial to conservation, the money that is accrued from hunting is what is beneficial to conservation," he told NBC News on Sunday. "My big fear is if we have a knee-jerk reaction to this incident and we ban hunting outright," he said. "I can tell you for a fact that there are huge swaths of Africa that are currently being devoted to wildlife that will very, very quickly be overrun by people and cattle, and in the end the wildlife is the loser."
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