MN - Dentist Kills a Tame Lion- Catches Heat, July 2015

[tangelo]

According to the linked article below, one of Cecil's cubs has been killed by a male lion in the preserve, triggering fears that the other cubs have only days to live.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/cecil-cub-killed-fate-7-hangs-balance-article-1.2319672

any word on what action will be taken against the lion?

 

[Rocco]

any word on what action will be taken against the lion?

They've scheduled a dental appointment for him.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Anger as Zimbabwe LIFTS the hunting ban it introduced following Cecil the lion's death after just ONE week

Ban on big game hunting around the Hwange National Park will be lifted

Restrictions were only introduced on August 2 by hunting authorities

Leaked statement from hunting group said they were 'pleased' with move

Suspension of hunting initiated after Cecil the lion was brutally murdered

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...lion-s-death-just-ONE-week.html#ixzz3iOSuhGAc

 

[jjenny]

Today is world lion day.

http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/things-you-didnt-know-about-lions/

 

[Snick1946]

Anger as Zimbabwe LIFTS the hunting ban it introduced following Cecil the lion's death after just ONE week

Ban on big game hunting around the Hwange National Park will be lifted

Restrictions were only introduced on August 2 by hunting authorities

Leaked statement from hunting group said they were 'pleased' with move

Suspension of hunting initiated after Cecil the lion was brutally murdered

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...lion-s-death-just-ONE-week.html#ixzz3iOSuhGAc

I know little about Zimbabwe- but I'd bet the official corruption level is stratospheric. Money talks and game hunters have a lot of it to spread around in bribes to officials.

 

[La Louve]

I found this article about Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) very informative. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33722688

 

[jjenny]

"Jericho now occupies the position of father of the pride, taking over as protector of Cecil's seven cubs while being monitored himself with an electronic tracking device in Hwange National Park, said Brent Stapelkamp, who heads an Oxford University lion-research project at the reserve."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-cecil-lion-jericho-zimbabwe-20150808-story.html

 

[jjenny]

"Brent Stapelkamp, who leads the Hwange lion project, says big game hunting of other species is essential to conserve wildlife areas, but lions are too rare to be killed for trophies."

http://www.klfm967.co.uk/news/world-news/1697801/cecil-researcher-calls-for-lion-hunting-ban/

 

[EllieBee]

They've scheduled a dental appointment for him.

Is it too late to nominate this for post of the day?

 

[EllieBee]

any word on what action will be taken against the lion?

What the lion did is absolutely the course of nature.

But a pinhead with glow in the dark teefs who pays 50k to flush a tame animal out of a protected reserve so he can shoot him and pretend he in uber manly is just a waste of humanity. Mighty hunter, my foot.

Trophy hunting is just murder. The hunters I know are adamant that you only kill what you eat, and the kill must be quick.

Cecil suffered for days because of this loser.

But yeah, it's HILARIOUS.

 

[Elley Mae]

I know that in the title of this thread it says he was tame and have seen some state it in their post, be I don't know that he was tame because he was collared for tracking and observation does not mean he was tame. jmo idk I don't think anyone could walk up to him, if people got close to he for observation purposes and he just laid there and didn't run away does not constitute tame. jmo idk

 

[sonjay]

I know that in the title of this thread it says he was tame and have seen some state it in their post, be I don't know that he was tame because he was collared for tracking and observation does not mean he was tame. jmo idk I don't think anyone could walk up to him, if people got close to he for observation purposes and he just laid there and didn't run away does not constitute tame. jmo idk

No, of course he wasn't "tame." He was a lion, not a labrador retriever.

Zimbabwe's ban on big-game-hunting lasted all of 10 days:

www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cecil-lion-zimbabwe-lifts-hunting-ban-after-just-10-days-n406971

But then, what would you expect from a country whose president eats an entire zoo for his birthday:

"His guests were fed a young elephant, and two buffaloes, two sables and five impalas were also donated to the president by a local landowner. He also threw in a lion and a crocodile to be stuffed as an extra gift for Mugabe. On top of this, 40 cows were offered to the president by two members of his government. A second elephant is going to be shot and given to the Victoria Falls community."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/p...for-obscene-91st-birthday-party-10077805.html

 

[Always Amazed]

I found this article about Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) very informative. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33722688

Thank you for this article.

"With the wrath of social media, the dentist may be feeling like a hunted animal himself,but unlike Cecil - he lives to hunt again." (Bolded by me)

 

[Snoods]

What the lion did is absolutely the course of nature.

But a pinhead with glow in the dark teefs who pays 50k to flush a tame animal out of a protected reserve so he can shoot him and pretend he in uber manly is just a waste of humanity. Mighty hunter, my foot.

Trophy hunting is just murder. The hunters I know are adamant that you only kill what you eat, and the kill must be quick.

Cecil suffered for days because of this loser.

But yeah, it's HILARIOUS.

THIS should be post of the day. Thank you.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Pictured: The 650-acre lodge owned by Cecil the lion's killer which is covered with hunting shacks so he can slay deer in his own back yard

Walter Palmer owns the sprawling retreat in the Minnesota countryside

The 650-acres property is covered in wooden hides used for hunting deer

Neighbors say Palmer has killed biggest buck of the season for four years

Schoolhouse on the estate has been converted into 'kill room' for trophies


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...vered-hides-slay-deer-yard.html#ixzz3iYmr82pB

 

[tangelo]

What the lion did is absolutely the course of nature.

But a pinhead with glow in the dark teefs who pays 50k to flush a tame animal out of a protected reserve so he can shoot him and pretend he in uber manly is just a waste of humanity. Mighty hunter, my foot.

Trophy hunting is just murder. The hunters I know are adamant that you only kill what you eat, and the kill must be quick.

Cecil suffered for days because of this loser.

But yeah, it's HILARIOUS.

so he shoulda ate cecil

 

[Sulamith]

IMO, Walter Palmer is never going to come back from his murder of Cecil. I think he just might commit suicide.

 

[Rocco]

so he shoulda ate cecil

Or................

Cecil should have eaten him.

 

[EllieBee]

Or................

Cecil should have eaten him.

Cecil probably had more discerning taste.

 

[Rocco]

Apparently, he plans on reopening his office in Sept.


http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/stor...r-palmers-office-plans-to-reopen-in-september