Cecil, famous Lion from Zimbabwe shot dead by Dentist from Minnesota for $55k

[Spymaster]

most animals killed are not bothering anyone

I meant that a possible justification for shooting a lion may be that it's been aggressive/attacked people etc. This one hadn't.

why can't it be eaten?

Ok. It won't be eaten (by people, in this case).

I know the answer but why would other shooters (respectable ones of course) be sickened by it when the end result is the same?

For various reason. Some because it won't be eaten; some abhor "trophy hunters"; and loads would find the method (baiting and not killing cleanly) out of order.

 

[DotCommunist]

I meant that a possible justification for shooting a lion may be that it's been aggressive/attacked people etc. This one hadn't.

I recall reading that lions who go for humans are usually injured ageing males who were they hale and not got a taste for man would be just eating zebra and that. Theres a book n film, can't recall the title about the case of some lion that was picking off people building a railway. The thing grew to titanic fearsomeness in the minds of the workers and bosses, but really it was just an old wounded lion who had worked out that humans can't run very fast or see in the dark very well

the ghost and the darkness. Val Kilmer. And there was two of them. God bless you google

 

[DotCommunist]

and heres the facts it was based on as a film too:

Tsavo Man Eaters

 

[weltweit]

I have seen the film, I liked it.

 

[Pickman's model]

and heres the facts it was based on as a film too:

Tsavo Man Eaters

i've read the book

 

[DotCommunist]

i've read the book

any good? I might seek it out

 

[Pickman's model]

any good? I might seek it out

https://archive.org/details/maneatersoftsavo00pattiala
i enjoyed it when i read it many many years ago

 

[Spymaster]

and heres the facts it was based on as a film too:

Tsavo Man Eaters

The first was fired from atop a scaffolding Patterson had built near goat kills done by the lion. Two, both from the Lee–Enfield, were shot into it eleven days later as the lion was stalking Patterson and trying to flee. When they had found the lion the next day thereafter, Patterson shot it three more times with the Lee–Enfield, severely crippling it, and shot it three times with the Martini–Henry carbine, twice in the chest, and once in the head, which killed it. He claimed it died gnawing on a fallen tree branch, still trying to reach him.[4]

That's one hard bastard lion.

Or it was PCP'd up.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I had a vegetarian friend ask if this means that society is evolving to be more compassionate toward animals. Or, is this just an aspect of first world privilege?

I do think that we wouldn't have seen this type of reaction 10, 20, or 30 years ago. I also notice that meat eating is down substantially in the US (about 12% in the last five years):

The department of agriculture projects that our meat and poultry consumption will fall again this year, to about 12.2 percent less in 2012 than it was in 2007. Beef consumption has been in decline for about 20 years; the drop in chicken is even more dramatic, over the last five years or so; pork also has been steadily slipping for about five years.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/were-eating-less-meat-why/?_r=0

So are we?

 

[weltweit]

Argh..Hmmph..

Chris Coltrane ‏@chris_coltrane 1 hr1 hour ago Yep, it's pretty much the worst when the ultra-rich spend their grotesque wealth on murdering wild animals.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Canned Lion Hunting


© FOUR PAWS

what the fuck is the matter with people?

 

[Pickman's model]

Argh..Hmmph..

Chris Coltrane ‏@chris_coltrane 1 hr1 hour ago Yep, it's pretty much the worst when the ultra-rich spend their grotesque wealth on murdering wild animals.
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i would like to see how yer man'd react if he was looking down the barrel.

 

[mauvais]

Well, I thought he was good in Marathon Man.

 

[weltweit]

Extradite Minnesotan Walter James Palmer to face justice in Zimbabwe.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...tan-walter-james-palmer-face-justice-Zimbabwe

 

[Fingers]

He has written a letter of apology to all of his patients. Too late cunt

http://news.yahoo.com/letter-to-pat...il-the-lion-s-death-apologizes-165511095.html

“The media interest in this matter — along with a substantial number of comments and calls from people who are angered by this situation and by the practice of hunting in general — has disrupted our business and our ability to see our patients,” Palmer said. “For that disruption, I apologize profoundly for this inconvenience and promise you that we will do our best to resume normal operations as soon as possible.”​

Cry me a river

 

[ViolentPanda]

i wonder if the reverse holds true, if i called e.g. nigel farage rover if it would make it easier to take him to the vet to be put down

Or neutered.

 

[ViolentPanda]

most animals killed are not bothering anyone
why can't it be eaten?
yes it's dodge but just another animal killed for the whim/enjoyment of a human
I know the answer but why would other shooters (respectable ones of course) be sickened by it when the end result is the same?

Carnivores taste 'orrible.
I suspect that other hunters are sickened by it because he didn't HUNT the lion, he basically had it served up to him. As Cecil could have told Palmer, a hunter has to be skilled enough to get near the prey without the prey realising, whereas the only reason Palmer got anywhere near Cecil is because Cecil was habituated to humans.

 

[ViolentPanda]

That's one hard bastard lion.

Or it was PCP'd up.

.303 is marginal on a deer, so for a lion... I can understand why he didn't go after the lion with the Martini Henry, though. Heavier calibre, but single shot, and a breech-loader with a notoriously-temperamental feed.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Carnivores taste 'orrible.
I suspect that other hunters are sickened by it because he didn't HUNT the lion, he basically had it served up to him. As Cecil could have told Palmer, a hunter has to be skilled enough to get near the prey without the prey realising, whereas the only reason Palmer got anywhere near Cecil is because Cecil was habituated to humans.

... and baited him.
... and used a spotlight
... and failed to kill him cleanly

Basically, he broke every rule of hunting.

 

[Fingers]

Give him his credit, he is possibly the most widely hated man on planet earth at the moment. That is some achievement. And has been outed as a sex case to boot.

 

[Pickman's model]

... and baited him.
... and used a spotlight
... and failed to kill him cleanly

Basically, he broke every rule of hunting.

sadly not every rule - he didn't become cecil's prey

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Give him his credit, he is possibly the most widely hated man on planet earth at the moment. That is some achievement. And has been outed as a sex case to boot.

I suppose it has highlighted the issue. Anyone dumb enough to have had a smiley photo taken next to an animal carcass is now going to be shamed and harassed by the looks of it. Hopefully killing animals purely for fun will soon be seen as unacceptable as going abroad to do some noncing.

 

[Fingers]

I suppose it has highlighted the issue. Anyone dumb enough to have had a smiley photo taken next to an animal carcass is now going to be shamed and harassed by the looks of it. Hopefully killing animals purely for fun will soon be seen as unacceptable as going abroad to do some noncing.

Quite. Is this arseclown back in the States now? As the Piers Morgan opinion piece claims he has been charged

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Palmer-killer-dentist-stuff-mount-office.html

 

[Casually Red]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/p...o-death-by-elephant-during-hunt-10186864.html

Ha ha !!!

 

[Casually Red]

Some of the recent scenes outside this fuckwits business

An artist painting a mural of Cecil

 

[xenon]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/p...o-death-by-elephant-during-hunt-10186864.html

Ha ha !!!

Hunting is no fun if the animals don't sometimes win.

He was a one legged man chasing an elephant though? LOL

 

[Casually Red]

 

[Casually Red]

#catlivesmatter

 

[Celyn]

Has #Jesuiscecil been done yet?

 

[Pingu]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33699346

15 years in a Zimbabwean jail is a decent starting point for some payback