South Africa: Permitting Authority Shows Parliament Photo of Dead Lion It Claims Is Not Famous Pride Male - but Experts Say It Is

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The authority that licensed the lion trophy hunt which became the focus of a parliamentary inquiry last week has been at pains to assure everyone it was not the pride male named Skye. It seems to have just scored an own goal.

It was the wrong picture and probably the wrong dead lion. The Mpumalanga authority, which licensed the Umbabat Reserve trophy hunt, showed Parliament two pictures last week. The live one, they said, was Skye, but it definitely wasn't. The dead one, they said, was the hunted lion and not Skye, but its markings indicate that it most likely was.

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