Lions Hunted to Save Rhinos in South African Circle of Life

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When U.S. television host Melissa Bachman posted a photo on Facebook Inc. of herself smiling and holding a rifle above the head of a lion she had shot, the response was instant.

Users of the social network vilified Bachman, 30, who also killed a Nyala antelope last year on a trip to South Africa, as “evil,” a “low-life” and a “disgusting excuse for a human being.”