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Jahangir on a lion hunt, c. 1615
Lion hunting is the act of hunting lions. Lions have been hunted since antiquity.
Lionhunting is the act of huntinglions. Lions have been hunted since antiquity. In Ancient Egypt, lion hunts were usually reserved for pharaohs. These...
tamer's head in the lion's mouth. The now-iconic lion tamer's chair was possibly first used by American Clyde Beatty (1903–1965). Lionhunting has occurred since...
of populations of big game hunting species across the country. After the public response from the killing of Cecil the lion, awareness of this sport was...
their cubs in great numbers." There are some two dozen sets of scenes of lionhunting in recorded Assyrian palace reliefs, most giving the subject a much more...
inside the park, 72% were killed through sport hunting on areas near the park. During 2013, 49 hunted lion carcasses were exported from Zimbabwe as trophies;...
and bounties for shooting lions. A comprehensive review of hunting and sighting records revealed that small groups of lions may have survived in Algeria...
lion trophy hunting of one lion per 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi) in the WAP protected area complex, and to refrain from imposing an import embargo of lion trophies...
practise of "canned hunting" in his country. The South African Environment Minister announced long-awaited restrictions on lionhunting, declaring he was...
countries in which performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume to bring good luck and fortune. The lion dance is usually performed during the...
predator, and pack hunters like lions can kill animals that are too powerful for a solitary predator to overcome. Similar to hunting success, kill rates are the...
livestock, and in several countries also by trophy hunting. Since the turn of the 21st century, lion populations in intensively managed protected areas...
The white lion is a rare colour mutation of the lion, specifically the Southern African lion. White lions in the area of Timbavati are thought to have...
c. 1200. Recreational hunting, also known as trophy hunting, sport hunting or "sporting" Big game hunting Big Five game (lion, elephant, African buffalo...
Corbett Kenneth Anderson Pachabdi Gazi Timur Animal welfare Lionhunting Elephant hunting in Kenya Sir Joseph Fayrer (1875). The Royal Tiger of Bengal...
Zealand sea lions were distributed all over mainland New Zealand and Stewart Island, but were extirpated from these areas due to human hunting activities...
on the border with Benin Seme (dagger), a Maasai term for a type of lionhunting knife Seme (martial arts), Japanese martial arts term meaning to attack...
order a lion for a hunting target, but end up with a tame, retired circus lioness, who becomes Walter's pet. While loading fifty-pound bags of Lion Chow...
(Puma concolor) (/ˈkuːɡər/, KOO-gər), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North...
The Asiatic lion is a lion population of the subspecies Panthera leo leo. Since the turn of the 20th century, its range has been restricted to Gir National...
travelled to East Africa in 1891 for lionhunting and returned yearly to resume the hunt. In 1894, he was mauled by a lion. As a result, he limped for the...
a lion before he can be circumcised and enter adulthood. Lionhunting was an activity of the past, but it has been banned in East Africa – yet lions are...
that left a significant decline in sea lion population is recovering. The recovery is associated with less hunting, otariids rapid population growth, legislation...
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