Chris Packham on trophy hunting: ‘People killing them solely for pleasure is so unequivocally unethical’

Chris Packham on trophy hunting: ‘People killing them solely for pleasure is so unequivocally unethical’

Metro.co.uk - Entertainment·2021-02-02 07:01

Chris Packham narrates National Geographic’s Cecil: The Lion King (Picture: Rex)

The naturalist TV presenter, 59, on trophy hunting, facing down a lion and working with Megan, his stepdaughter

You’re narrating a show about Cecil the lion, who was killed by a trophy hunter…

What’s unusual about Cecil is that he was a lion that was known, through extensive research, for all of his life. He was satellite tagged. Satellite tags are very sophisticated now. They can tell you whether an animal is sleeping or grooming or digesting. Being large, robust mammals, lions can carry a quite heavy battery and tag so can transmit large amounts of data. Cecil was also an individual. He had a personality.

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