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A businessman dressed up as a lion and agreed to be
hunted – to highlight the plight of the African big cat.

4Networking managing director Brad Burton dressed for a Lion Aid
charity event at Great Chart Golf and Leisure centre.

He said: “Lions have no voice and what we’re doing today is
representing Lion Aid which is really the voice for lions.

“They’re being killed up and down Africa and these people are
going on hunting trips, dosing them up with drugs and putting them
in cages so they can shoot them.

“It’s 2010 now, we’re not in the 1800s and things have moved on.
Someone needs to stand in the way of it.”

Kitted out in his lion costume and facing a hail of paintballs
from Lion Aid supporters, Mr Burton added: “This is just a bit of
fun. We wanted to do something and we thought a big fat bloke from
Manchester would be a good way to get attention for this
cause.”

To find out more about the charity’s work visit www.lionaid.org