Zambia has lifted a 20-month ban on safari hunting because it has lost too much revenue, but lions and leopards will remain protected, the government said Wednesday. The ban was imposed in January ...

A lion called Bruiser rests in its enclosure at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney. Zambia's tourism minister on Thursday announced a ban on hunting lions and leopards, saying the feline numbers are decreasing ...

Zambia’s ‘Kenyan-style’ moment-of-madness-cancellation of legal international hunting tender was recently denounced ruled as illegal by the country’s high court, creating local hunting communities’ ...

LUSAKA (AFP) - Zambia has lifted a ban on the hunting of big cats that was imposed over allegations of corruption in the awarding of government hunting concessions, officials said Wednesday. The ...

Zambia has banned the hunting of lions and other endangered wild cats such as leopards because it sees more value in game viewing tourism than blood sport. Tourism minister Sylvia Masebo told Reuters ...

A lion yawns at the Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary near Bethlehem April 26, 2010. REUTERS/Peter Andrews By Chris Mfula LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia has lifted the ban on the hunting of leopards and will ...

Wild cats will remain protected from hunting for now. After 20 months, Zambia has lifted its ban on hunting, allowing trophy hunters to target numerous species in the wildlife-rich country including ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Chris Mfula LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia has lifted the ban on the hunting of leopards and will allow lion hunting next year after ...

to have a sustainable hunting industry. “Tourists come to Zambia to see the lion and if we lose the lion we will be killing our tourism industry,” Masebo said. The estimated $3 million that Zambia ...