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| Zambia bans hunting of lions and leopards | Zambia bans hunting of lions and leopards |
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| Zambia has banned the hunting of lions and leopards because of the rapid decline in its numbers of big cats. | |
| Zambia's tourism minister said there was more value in game-viewing tourism than blood sport, which brought in just $3m (£1.9m) last year. | Zambia's tourism minister said there was more value in game-viewing tourism than blood sport, which brought in just $3m (£1.9m) last year. |
| Sylvia Masebo said the country did not have enough cats for hunting purposes. | Sylvia Masebo said the country did not have enough cats for hunting purposes. |
| "Tourists come to Zambia to see the lion and if we lose the lion we will be killing our tourism industry," she told Reuters. | "Tourists come to Zambia to see the lion and if we lose the lion we will be killing our tourism industry," she told Reuters. |
| While lions are found in all of Zambia's major parks, their numbers are limited. | While lions are found in all of Zambia's major parks, their numbers are limited. |
| There are thought to be no more than about 4,500 lions in the whole country, while the leopard population is unknown. | There are thought to be no more than about 4,500 lions in the whole country, while the leopard population is unknown. |
| Neighbouring Botswana is banning all sport hunting from 2014, while Kenya halted hunting for sport decades ago. | Neighbouring Botswana is banning all sport hunting from 2014, while Kenya halted hunting for sport decades ago. |