Posted on 08/01/2015 11:54:07 AM PDT by GoneSalt
The killing of a beloved lion named Cecil by a trophy hunting dentist from Minnesota has an outraged American public asking: What kind of monsters would kill a majestic big cat for fun?
Unfortunately for one Republican presidential hopeful, the answer is: his sons.
Donald Trump was forced to weigh in on the issue this week after a gory photo of his trophy hunting sons resurfaced online, tying his family to the very practice that has sparked fierce backlash in recent days. When asked for his response at a press conference in Scotland this week, Trump was reportedly far from condemning of the fact that his sons had a hobby of killing innocent animals, too. "My sons love to hunt," The Telegraph and The Daily Mail report Trump said, though he reportedly refused to directly address shooting endangered animals. "They are members of the NRA, very proudly. I am a big believer in the Second Amendment. But my sons are hunters, Eric is a hunter and I would say he puts it on a par with golf, if not ahead of golf. My other son, Don, is a hunter. They're great marksman, great shots, they love it. I em, like golf. I don't do that."
As benign as he makes it sound, Trump's sons are hardly run-of-the-mill hunters. The family's fortune has apparently been used to fund safaris to Africa, targeting beloved animals like elephants and leopards hunting trips that can range in the tens of thousands of dollars.
While the senior Trump has stated before that he's not a believer in hunting, his unwillingness to discourage the practice outright given the chance stands in contrast to the reaction of other public figures.
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And yet you serve the Masters of the Left by fighting their fights. They didn't need anyone for this thread because you were their parrot. Freed up a stalwart to obfuscate the workings of the baby chop shop, or continue the lie of AGW. 'Cecil's' death furthers the aims of the Agenda 21 crowd. They got that effort at no cost to them.
If you want to decry anything about this matter, it should be that the dentist didn't place his arrow well. If he is the guy holding that big leopard, he was capable but screwed the pooch on this one. Lions are tougher than leopards.
OK master of the right.
Way better than water carrier of the Left.
They ARE worried about Trump. Rock On Mr. Trump.. Rock On!
Way to make the right look good! The we preserve poaching crowd may not attract the women and independents needed to win the election.
Again, the hunter takes the shot given him, the $50K should get him a shot on property with a lion quota. Since this lion is famous we may never get all the ‘facts’, but that doesn’t matter really to true believers.
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