Raising the minimum age of trophy hunted lions could make hunting more sustainable, new study finds

Published on January 12, 2023

Raising the minimum age threshold for trophy hunted male lions and accounting for additional deaths caused by poaching and conflict with people could increase hunting sustainability, suggests a new study led by the University of Oxford, published today in Scientific Reports.
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