Posted on 07/30/2015 5:04:19 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
And also stunned at the reaction of people who are after the head of a hunter who hunted a lion in Zimbabwe. People who four days ago had never heard of Cecil the lion, and had no knowledge or care about Zimbabwean hunting regulations, are now outraged about alleged violations of those regulations.
They have to try to knock the Planned UnParenthood stuff off the news cycle because Abortion is the holy ritual of their faith.
They will work with anything, and I mean ANYTHING to misdirect the public's attention away from things they don't want it to contemplate.
I heard a story about a pig farmer. A salesman was lost and stopped to ask a farmer for directions. As the farmer was telling him how to find the main highway, a pig limped by on three legs. The sales man asked about the crippled pig and the farmer told him how the pig had saved the whole family by waking them up the previous night when the house caught fire. The pig had unlocked the front door and repeatedly rang the door bell to wake everyone up. The salesman asked if the pig had lost his leg in the fire. The farmer said, “No, but a pig that smart you don’t eat all at once.”
“BTW : Ive shot dozens of coyotes, never ate a single one of them.”
LOL. That didn’t stop them from going back into the food chain either
Yes he was in so much danger in the Land Rover. Very brave.
Peckersniff? What are you a 115 year old homo?
Even if you leave the kill other than the head in the field, the coyotes, wolves, skunks or what ever omnivorous creature that finds it will eat it. Nature does not waste anything. We are all recyclable.
I don't know anyone who can shoot a bow inside a pickup... so that makes him talented too!
I mourn for all the zebras that Cecil killed.
What if you kill it and donate (or forced to give) the food to the local villagers?
On my wife’s FB page someone had posted about the Top Ten Rich White Guys that do big-game hunts. Trump’s sons were on the page with a photo of a cheetah. “Oh - so THAT’s why this Cecil thing is such a big deal.”
Lions are prolific. The lion was going to die eventually...so...who cares? People have seen too many crummy disney movies.
I confess I didn't dig into the details of this specific case, like, for how old the lion was, etc.
If that one had been a prime male, but past his breeding prime, as in; had possibly been replaced by younger males ---then he would have already been driven from a pride, and would be on his on own.
If so, then his days would be numbered. A few years, at the most. More like six to eighteen months, needing to do all his own hunting, basically alone.
The large males are made for fighting with other lions for territory, and are there to fight anything which would attempt to threaten the pride (pack of females and their offspring).
The male lions lifespans are generally significantly less than the females.
Removing a few males from the population, might not change overall numbers enough to matter.
Whatever one male was doing, there are usually others ready to take his place.
As such, limited trophy hunting, with high tag fees can help pay for game management (if there is honest government around).
You may know all this stuff already.
The people going ape post-banana-consumption over it, watched the Lion King cartoon, too many times?
That does come to mind. (I never watched that one, even once).
Not entirely sure on this point ...
It’s good that God made scavengers to close the circle, but how does tbat relate to hunting and killing to defend your livestock, or to rid the world of a few starving mangy feral cats, or any of the other reasons we kill outside of obtaining food?
I agree that nothing stopped them from going back into the food chain, but how does this relate to Cecil again?
I was thinking the same thing...before this story no one in my immediate sphere had heard of his supposedly beloved beast!!
While I get your intent I was raised on the farm and we regularly killed vermin, hawk, possum, raccoon, the occasional fox and coyote defending our poultry and livestock. We would never do so just for sport but the rule was if they got to close they died.
Seconded and my vote is aye.
LOL!
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