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mock hunts

Young male lions at sunrise in Tanzania.

How hunting lions might actually help save them

Environment

Lions who repeatedly kill livestock are a big problem for farmers, but killing such “problem lions” is an equally big issue for the threatened animals. To save both cattle and cats, conservationists are now trying out mock hunts to chase away lions without getting rid of them for good.

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