PLATH HITS BACK

CONTROVERSIAL canned lion hunter and banana farmer Roy Plath accused the Mpumalanga Parks Board on Tuesday of attempting to destroy private sector lion farmers and of waging a vendetta against him. Plath said in a statement that the MPB had interests in private game parks in the region and had laid criminal charges against him as part of a vendetta to force him out of the industry. The charges were laid last week after MPB inspectors discovered that Plath was keeping seven adult lions in three one-hectare camps instead of the 100ha camps prescribed by law.