The two populations are entirely different & have absolutely no connection whatsoever with each other so no.
However, I'm firmly convinced that the shooting of captive bred animals is immensely harmful to true (African) sport trophy hunting & that the antis will one day use it as a club to beat us over the head with & to (at least try) to use it to ban ALL African) sport trophy hunting........ In fact, that's already beginning to happen with the Melissa Bachman thing.
I should say that (IMO) an equally large threat are the soppy you tube vids of canned/often obviously drugged lion shoots that so many fidiots post.
I should say that (IMO) an equally large threat are the soppy you tube vids of canned/often obviously drugged lion shoots that so many fidiots post.
Although I differ with you on a few points,here I must agree totally,too much "hunting porn"gets loaded onto social networks,where we open ourselves up for a hiding.
I've seen some of the obviously drugged lion shoots you speak of, and I must agree with you there. There's no place for that. I must say though that we can't lump those who would do this in with all of the operators who conduct raised lion hunts. To do so would then to say all hunters are also poachers because a portion of people out there in fact are not hunting legally.
As to posting of hunting video in general, it's a bit of a two edged sword. If we're to ban any kind of video media, then we must include all of the hunting t.v. shows that we get here at least in the U.S. We must ban also the videos for sale, whether they be Mark Sullivan's (a big hot button) or Craig Boddington's (a man that I'd say most respect).
I'm not so sure this would be a good thing. I can say Craig Boddington on one of the early years of Tracks Across Africa is one of those that inspired me to even think that this though fairly well paid engineer but certainly not rich hunter could in fact make a once in a lifetime trip to Africa. I've now done two trips and not a day goes by that I don't think about my next.
Having said that, I've got to say that I think that RSA hunting takes quite a trashing that I think is undeserved. Many, if not most first timers to Africa do a PG hunt in RSA. Our hunting brothers there deserve a great deal of credit for providing this opportunity to someone other than the lawyer, doctor, big businessman or other such very well paid individuals. They are also responsible for one of the greatest conservation stories and animal recoveries ever known, another fact that often seems lost in our unfenced wild Africa DG only hunting threads.
As such I think it important to not throw the baby out with the bath water as it were with respect to the raised lion hunt issue. Shakari I've read many posts of yours both here and other websites and have learned much from them. Those posts have far more experience behind them than I will ever have. So I don't mean to disrespect you or your wealth of knowledge. But for the prospective first timer, the criticism of RSA lion hunts may have a spillover effect to dissuade people from hunting ever in RSA. That would be detrimental to hunting not only in RSA but the continent as well.
