[marktwain]

I would say her points are:

1. Lions are not people, and the death of “Cecil” was not an important event for lions or people in the big picture.

2. Sport Hunting is what is keeping most lion populations in Africa afloat.

3. The emotional outpouring about “Cecil” is irrational, and we should not make policy based on it.

[Smokin' Joe]

Lions are not people, and the death of “Cecil” was not an important event for lions or people in the big picture.

Oh boy, you left out the Disneyfication factor.

SIMBA, just like BAMBI, has become the anthropomorphized representative of the species. (Cousin Cecil is just a Simba surrogate, unsafe when Man is in the Forest--or on the plains).

Humans is eeevil, dontchaknow.