Rich Dentist kills Majestic Lion
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Pretty sure he knew what he was doing, the rules in the US are very strict and if he had done something similar here he would have been in deep trouble.
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Walter Palmer, who has a felony record in the U.S. related to shooting a black bear in Wisconsin, released a statement Tuesday after Zimbabwean authorities identified him as the American involved in the July hunt. They said Palmer is being sought on poaching charges, but Palmer said he hasn't heard from U.S. or Zimbabwean authorities.
Man accused in lion death says he thought hunt was legal
Man accused in lion death says he thought hunt was legal
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That would stop you getting any license in the US.
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He paid the locals tens of thousands of dollars to arrange that. It was they who opted to lure a relatively tame lion out of its protected zone, presumably because they wanted to make easier money.
He didn't tell them to go find a celebrity media star of a cat. How would he have possibly known which lion this was?
He didn't tell them to go find a celebrity media star of a cat. How would he have possibly known which lion this was?
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(i) Pigs, cows, and chickens aren't likely to become extinct any time soon.
(ii) Pigs, cows, and chickens provide food, whereas Cecil was stripped of a couple of trophies for display, and left to rot.
I don't see any useful comparison between farming livestock and killing a relatively rare wild animal for kicks.
(ii) Pigs, cows, and chickens provide food, whereas Cecil was stripped of a couple of trophies for display, and left to rot.
I don't see any useful comparison between farming livestock and killing a relatively rare wild animal for kicks.
I find it unlikely that the carcas was simply left to rot- the meat was almost certainly given to the locals.
As far as I can see, lions are not an endangered species; https://www.worldwildlife.org/specie...inction_status, although I stand to be corrected on that.
My point is simply that there is a double standard here. Wild animials are hunted all the time for sport (absolutely wrong in my opinion), but nobody seems to care when it's a different species.
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Legal hunting is usually a way of generating significantly more money for maintaining wildlife areas than having their own rangers take the shots. Unfortunately, it can create a self-perpetuating system where it seems that the animals are raised in order to be killed to keep the money coming in, but at least that keeps the land from being developed and the animals from being pushed to unmaintainable levels by poachers.
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I know of a couple of hunters who have been on similar hunting trips to Africa, and I've seen the photos of them along sign dead zebras, different kinds of dear/antelope, etc. Whilst they do indeed take the head/skin, the meat was given to the local people.
I find it unlikely that the carcas was simply left to rot- the meat was almost certainly given to the locals.
As far as I can see, lions are not an endangered species; https://www.worldwildlife.org/specie...inction_status, although I stand to be corrected on that.
My point is simply that there is a double standard here. Wild animials are hunted all the time for sport (absolutely wrong in my opinion), but nobody seems to care when it's a different species.
I find it unlikely that the carcas was simply left to rot- the meat was almost certainly given to the locals.
As far as I can see, lions are not an endangered species; https://www.worldwildlife.org/specie...inction_status, although I stand to be corrected on that.
My point is simply that there is a double standard here. Wild animials are hunted all the time for sport (absolutely wrong in my opinion), but nobody seems to care when it's a different species.
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The collar around the lion's neck? The collar placed by Oxford uni in 1999? The collar his "guides" later tried to destroy?
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To these folks, it's worth it, said Alistair Pole, owner of Zambezi Hunters, which escorts hunters on "classic dangerous game safaris" on the Save Valley Conservancy in Zimbabwe. An upper-end hunting expedition can cost up to $70,000 before all is said and done, Pole said.
Hunters happy to pay big cost for big game
I am on the side of the non-hysterical, factually-oriented contingent.
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Your point has changed. You started off comparing sport hunting to farming livestock. Now you're comparing the sport hunting of different species. ...... I am going to assume you agree that comparing sport hunting to farming livestock is specious.
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He is "said to be capable of skewering a playing card from 100 yards with his compound bow,"
U.S. dentist regrets role in Cecil the lion's death - CNN.com
It seems that he gets his kicks from shooting things at a distance.
U.S. dentist regrets role in Cecil the lion's death - CNN.com
It seems that he gets his kicks from shooting things at a distance.