Kathi.. Thank you for the update as i have a lion hunt in July 2006 in Zambia.

Kathi,

thanks for the update, I was wondering what was going on with that. I'm booked to go to Zimbabwe next September for a Lion. I have one of my clients going over too for lion in 2005.
I'm already counting the days......................

As always, Good Hunting!!! Widowmaker416

Kenya Withdraws Lion Protection Plan at CITES

Mon Oct 11,11:56 AM ET Science - Reuters



BANGKOK (Reuters) - Kenya withdrew Monday a proposal to give lions more protection by clamping a lid on global trade in the big cat and its body parts, deferring to suggestions to give the matter more study.



"People felt there's a lot more work to be done," said Patrick Omondi, a Kenyan delegate to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which regulates trade in wild flora and fauna.


Some African states agreed among themselves to hold workshops to determine the status of the "King of the Beasts" and to report their findings to CITES.


Lions once prowled a swathe of territory that included most of Africa, much of west Asia and even southeastern Europe. Their numbers are now believed to be down to between 16,500 to 30,000.


Some conservationists said the Kenyan move was sensible as trade was not the biggest danger facing the lion.


"The primary threats to lions are not related to trade. They are unlawful killings stemming from human/lion conflict and loss of habitat," said Kristin Nowell of the World Conservation Union's Cat Specialist Group.


The Kenyan proposal had been opposed by several other African countries, some of which believe that revenue from trade in live animals or hunting may be the best way to protect the lion as it will give it a commercial value.


Kenya had wanted the lion placed on Appendix one of CITES, which in the dry technical language of the convention means animals and plants in this category are threatened with extinction and their trade is banned, with very few exceptions.