was legally set up, neither the guide or the hunter could see the collar(collar, for the most part is ethical issue, not legal), the guide could tell they were killing a mature lion that was beyond mating years in age, animal was not on refuge property. This all adds up to no conviction in any sane, civil, society.
I just can't believe the outrage over a lion, when there are so many other things going on in the world that seem so much more egregious.