Big game, bigger controversy

Stuffed animals at the North American bow-hunting club Pope & Young's museum in Chatfield, Minnesota. - Reuters

HE WAS laid out in on the brown Zimbabwean dirt, his head barely upright, with his eyes closed and mouth slack. His signature jet-black mane was dusted by dirt, his large paws embedded in the ground - and the crossbow that was used to kill him was propped up at his side.

His killer and guide smiled triumphantly, as they posed by the lifeless lion.