~I’m glad we all agree now that outrage was warranted for killing Cecil in that fashion.~
The End
lol
It’s not a heter for sha’as had’chak. It’s not achzarius if there’s a purpose for normal human needs. It would be okay nowadays too, if there was a need for lion hides.
+1
I would take a step further that if you WANT the hide, and that’s your purpose it’s fine also. So if you want to go to Alaska and get a permit to hunt a bison so that you can make a buffalo robe, that’s fine. The teshuva says that it depends what your main purpose is; so you can’t just say “I’ll hunt for fun and give the meat to a soup kitchen” because G-d knows why you’re hunting.