Craig Packer a born Texan was banned from Tanzania for exposing corruption. After the tragic killing of Cecil the lion there was outrage all over the world. Now speaking from his home in Minneapolis Packer says that a visit to the Chauvet caves in France was a highlight of his life. Packer started out as a pre-med student but was accepted to go to Africa he says that he was intrigued by watching animals in their natural habitat. The killing of Cecil the lion was one of the biggest animal tragedies that has taken place Cecil was on a park where there was quite a bit of sport hunting but Cecil was killed by Walter Palmer who had loured the 13 year old lion out of hiding. After Packer was banned from Tanzania he says "what happens in the future is going to depend on if people are going to stop being so silly in their objections to putting a fence around the western side of the Serengeti." Now over a million people are living along the parks boundary but there is no fence separating them from the park.
for the full story go here http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150916-book-talk-simon-worrall-craig-packer-lions-serengeti-tanzania-trophy-hunting-africa-conservation/
What would you do if you were an animal enthusiast and had just found out that an African male lion that has been around for a long time was just killed for sport?
What would you change about the park would you make it illegal to hunt animals for sport or keep it the same?
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I think your story is good and summarized it pretty well. Not sure why no one replied.