Inadequate Policies for Hunting Large Carnivores (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Inadequate Policies for Hunting Large Carnivores (3 of 3)

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A male lion in Zambia, now dead, hides in the long grass. Lion hunting was halted within Zambia several years ago, in response to population declines. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Dec. 18, 2015, issue of <i>Science</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by Scott Creel at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT, and colleagues was titled, 'Questionable policy for large carnivore hunting.'

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Scott Creel

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