Killing a Lion is the MOST COWARDLY THING you can do

[petronius]

82. My impression* of full-fledged 'hunting' is that it involves a wide range of

activities extending long before and long after the hunt itself, for example:

• Before: training physically for the rigor of the hunt, mastering the gear to be used, studying the environment and habits of the prey species;
  
  
• During: finding, tracking, stalking the prey, killing it humanely, field-dressing, packing out;
  
  
• After: butchering, storing, cooking, consuming, washing the dishes.

My respect for a hunter goes up proportionally to the degree that they make an effort toward and have an interest in participating in every aspect of the hunt.

However, I get the sense that there are some 'hunters' on these safaris who are simply transported to where they can take a shot, and then go home with a photo and a chunk of dead beast for the wall. All I can see there is that the pleasure is in the killing-an-animal part, and that's contemptible.

It's perfectly reasonable to acknowledge that there are positive spinoffs to this behavior (local food, money, and conservation) while still despising the actions of the so-called 'hunter.'

* I don't hunt, except in the ocean with a speargun, so take my opinion FWIW...