Hallo!
Gestern hat Republikein ein Interview mit Bezuidenhout geführt:
http://www.republikein.com.na/omgewing/leeujagter-hou-vol-hy-het-g-n-nekband-gesien.212832Hier die Übersetzung:
Mr . Fred Bezuidenhout ( 60 ) , the professional hunter who shot Dorob desert lion, emphasized that in the densely forested river he could not see the collar of Victor ( XPL - 77 ) between his mane .
"I would have certainly not shot the lion if I had seen a collar. I feel terrible about it, but I did not see the collar," Bezuidenhout said in an interview yesterday with Republican and its German sister newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung.
He said even through the binoculars and telescope lenses he could not see the collar on the the lion 's mane .
"It was for me and my client a tremendous shock and an anti -climax when we came to the lion and found the collar on him. We have sad feelings and certainly not sure whether we are in the wilderness . A Lion that was shot was handled by humans ! "
He also emphasizes that Victor was not shot whilst mating with Monica ( XPL - 36 ).
" We spotted the lion at 17:55 at a distance of 200 meters and shot him about 19:20 before dark . During the time we lay there , we never saw another lion in the vicinity" said Bezuidenhout .
He said the lion was shot on Friday, Sept. 27 . With him on the hunt was a member of the Torra Conservancy .
Bezuidenhout denied emphatically that he hid the collar .
" I took off the collar when photos of the hunter with the lion were taken. I put the collar in my car and gave it to the next conservancy office. They put it in a safe in their office, " he said .
This explains why the satellite collar's signal could not be received .
The professional hunter strongly denied that he knew about Victor 's movements on the Desert Lion Research Project website , www.desertlion.info .
"My laptop was at home for the entire 13 days of the hunt. I never use my cell phone to browse the internet, only to call my wife. Moreover, there is almost never a signal in that remote area, " Bezuidenhout explains .
" I am willing to have an IT expert check my laptop and cell phone."
During the 13 day hunt, the trophy hunter, whose name or nationality Bezuidenhout did not reveal, also shot a mountain zebra and Oryx. Furthermore , a kudu , oryx and zebra were also shot and used to bait the lion .
According to Bezuidenhout, who was born in what was then Rhodesia , insists that he adhered to the provisions of the hunting permit for shooting the lion. Since the incident, he and his wife had been subjected to emotional outbursts and all types of accusations in debates on social media, as well as personal suffering.
" My wife is harassed at work . "
Professional Hunters Association of Namibia ( NAPHA ) have rallied behind their member whom they regarded as a highly skilled and respected hunter . Bezuidenhout has been hunting in Namibia since 1986 and is one of the first big game hunters in the country at that time with the world-renowned late Mr. Jan Oelofse of Mount Etjo.
NAPHA is adamant that Bezuidenhout followed all rules of the permit and the hunting quota of the conservation area . The permit was issued on September 11 and is valid from 17 September to 4 October .
Christian
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