African Lion

[SirTeddykins]

I ranted here about this type of thing before:


http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/off...oody-rant.html


This type of thing makes me feel embarrassed to be an American. I could literally slap the teeth right out of this dentists face.

[Lilbit123]

Originally Posted by SirTeddykins

I ranted here about this type of thing before:


http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/off...oody-rant.html


This type of thing makes me feel embarrassed to be an American. I could literally slap the teeth right out of this dentists face.

luv the title warning! I also love that Cecil's murder has created an increase in donations to the study for which he wore the collar. I hope that the dentist has to give Cecil's head (the trophy) back. I would rather see it buried or on honorable display at the reserve .

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by SirTeddykins

I ranted here about this type of thing before:


http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/off...oody-rant.html


This type of thing makes me feel embarrassed to be an American. I could literally slap the teeth right out of this dentists face.

I'm sure you saw Jimmy Kimmel's monologue about this? He was like, Oh thank god it's not an American! Then come to find out, it was one of us. UGH.

Reminds me of when a tourist broke a piece off a priceless statue, and yup, American. LOL

[capt_noonie]

WTF! Cecil's brother also shot and killed today. Why? Who?!

[capt_noonie]

Cecil the lion's brother Jericho shot dead by poachers in Zimbabwean park | Daily Mail Online

Not confirmed that Jericho has been killed. I sure hope not. If so, seems like there are no more males in their group and the femals and cubs are at risk of being killed by other rival group's males.

[Lilbit123]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Cecil the lion's brother Jericho shot dead by poachers in Zimbabwean park | Daily Mail Online

Not confirmed that Jericho has been killed. I sure hope not. If so, seems like there are no more males in their group and the femals and cubs are at risk of being killed by other rival group's males.

I just heard this I'm praying its a huge mistake..the pride & cubs would most def be at risk...just makes me sick to my stomach
Jericho is also collared and his GPS is still moving so praying

[Doodlebug]

This whole thing made me sick. Especially seeing pictures of those poor animals that he was so proudly posing with. How can anyone but a sicko find enjoyment in killing those beautiful animals for fun. I hope he has to give up the trophy too.

[capt_noonie]

Well.... he IS a dentist!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM

[Doodlebug]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Well.... he IS a dentist!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM

Hahahahaha...yeah right.

[capt_noonie]

So far what I am reading is Jericho has NOT been killed. Geez I hope that is true.

[Lilbit123]

Jericho is confirmed alive, eating with his pride this morning

[TAGMAKERS]

The "Safari Club International" (a rather unfortunate misnomer for this group of "Trophy Hunters") has a membership approaching 50,000.

There are just 25,000 wild lions left, so if they all want a "Cecil" then they will have to start hunting in pairs.

If they want Cheetah, only one in ten of them will get to bag one of the remaining 5,000.

If they want a white rhino, then only one in 25 Safari members will get to have one.

If they want a snow leopard, then it will be a real bun-fight, because only one in 250 of these "Safari lovers" will get to shoot one of these animals, before there aren't any more to kill.

So just go out there and get it all over with as quickly as possible. When there are no more "trophies" left to hunt, there will be nothing more to discuss, and you "big strong men" can gloat over how many skins you have hanging on your Walls. Then, you can charge the public to come see them... Call yourselves the "Safari-That-Was" Club.

[TAGMAKERS]

Just thinking about what would happen to to Walter Palmer's kids if he were to become a "trophy".

Perhaps his wife's lover would kill and eat them?

(Certainly help in an effort to clean up his gene pool).

[Doodlebug]

Originally Posted by TAGMAKERS

The "Safari Club International" (a rather unfortunate misnomer for this group of "Trophy Hunters") has a membership approaching 50,000.

There are just 25,000 wild lions left, so if they all want a "Cecil" then they will have to start hunting in pairs.

If they want Cheetah, only one in ten of them will get to bag one of the remaining 5,000.

If they want a white rhino, then only one in 25 Safari members will get to have one.

If they want a snow leopard, then it will be a real bun-fight, because only one in 250 of these "Safari lovers" will get to shoot one of these animals, before there aren't any more to kill.

So just go out there and get it all over with as quickly as possible. When there are no more "trophies" left to hunt, there will be nothing more to discuss, and you "big strong men" can gloat over how many skins you have hanging on your Walls. Then, you can charge the public to come see them... Call yourselves the "Safari-That-Was" Club.

This is really disturbing to see the actual numbers. It makes me so angry that these people have to get their thrills from needlessly killing these beautiful animals. What is wrong with people?

[TAGMAKERS]

Originally Posted by Doodlebug

This is really disturbing to see the actual numbers. It makes me so angry that these people have to get their thrills from needlessly killing these beautiful animals. What is wrong with people?

It all boils down to greed and corruption. The hunting fraternity will throw out all kinds of justifications for their "passion". They even claim that the huge fees they pay go towards "conservation". I was born in Africa and lived there for 45 years and I am absolutely certain that any fees being paid by these "big tough men" are conserving only the bank balances of the corrupt officials who "legalise" the process. It's a stinking, foul business through and through. And don't believe for a minute that the Zimbabwean authorities (such as they are) care one hoot about Cecil or any other wild animal in their sad country. They don't... As a child, we used to travel from Zambia through Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia) on our way to Mocambique (Beira) for seaside holidays. We'd have to cross the Zambezi river - usually at a place called Chirundu. The river runs through a very wide "valley" - about 25 miles wide each side, and back in the mid 1960's it was a "natural" game reserve. As kids, we would look forward to this part of the journey with excitement and, in the course of a few hours, would see scores - if not hundreds - of different animals - usually including what are known as the "Big 5" - Elephant, Buffalo, Lion, Rhino and Leopard.

Today, the valley is practically bare of all these large animals - 95% of them have been poached. Much of the forest has been chopped down to make charcoal.

First-world "hunters" (and this includes guys in the UK, who also go shooting big game) would never have seen Africa like I did as a child - literally FULL of animals. So when they go there, they cannot make a comparison of what it used to be like, compared to today, when hardly any animals roam about in purely natural surroundings. The tiny handful of big wild animals that are left are now in little more than "enclosures" (the game parks), and even here their numbers are dwindling.

It is a tragedy that these guys who hunt rare game - and who each fork out hundreds of thousands of dollars/pounds to kill an animal, could be doing so much more if they put that money DIRECTLY into species preservation.

I cry for Africa - its animals and its people... Cecil is just the tip of a very large iceberg.