Dentist who killed Cecil the lion speaks out at last after going into hiding

SBS/AAP ^ | 7 Sep 2015 | staff reporter

[WorkingClassFilth]

That inconvenient truth doesn't matter here. Only what these images convey to urban, hand-fed modernists matters. For that, you'll need to consult the usual suspects in media, entertainment and academe.

[dfwgator]

Didn't know that we had such progressive anti hunters here on FR.

Did I just stumble into DU?

[dfwgator]

When Cecil the Lion was killed, all gazelles smiled in approval.

#allanimallivesmatter

[JoeProBono]

[WorkingClassFilth]

Some from there, no doubt.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Yours, or just another picture?

[dfwgator]

It wouldn’t be wise to provoke a dentist, at least until the procedure is finished.

[Osage Orange]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/05/opinion/in-zimbabwe-we-dont-cry-for-lions.html

[Osage Orange]

I've killed plenty of turkey's, deer, squirrels and fish in the last plenty of years...!

I feel so horribly grotesque!

[Osage Orange]

Yes....and anti-rights groups too.

[Fury]

“They’re about the size of shock collars for dogs if the pictures online are accurate.”

I guess the question to be answered is - did Palmer know about the collar when he had the picture taken or after the picture was taken? You would think that they found the collar *after* the picture was taken, as the guide indicated they were both upset once they saw the collar on the lion, and I don’t think Palmer would have been smiling at that point. Or maybe he would.

I think Palmer’s honesty is certainly an issue to consider, given his shooting a bear in a prohibited area, attempting to bribe the guides, and then lying to USF&W about where the bear was shot. Nice role model for his kids.

[Eagles6]

Yes

[Eagles6]

True

[WorkingClassFilth]

I’m not really concerned about his past or who he is. What I am concerned about is the way so many piled on (visciously) without really understanding the whole issue, or any big game hunting for that matter. Bam! Kill the guy and save the animals. Wow! The toll of urban living and controlled media ideas is paying off hansomely - even here on FR.

[Fury]

Fair enough.

[minnesota_bound]

Lions are so friendly....

[Desron13]

Hmmmm... He killed a lion. A creature that would typically rip you limb from limb and eat you. So the problem is what exactly?

[Daffynition]

I hope this story has played itself out....otherwise we’re going to be re-condemning this guy every week.

It’s like an oscillating redundancy.

[goat granny]

my husband went hunting in mid Michigan every year...a bunch of guys went to the same place every year...they didn't get too many deer, but one of the guys got a bear that was up on 2 legs heading for him...they took the carcass into town and hung it...the following year they had taken the bullet out of the deer (depart. of whatever) and found the guy hunting came and cleared the fellow of charges of killing the bear... They had even tracked down to where the bullets were bought..Several of the guys were all on one side of the clearing and the one the bear went after was the only guy that had a gun....It was bow and arrow season. All of the men ate the venison if they were lucky enough to get one.. One of my son's fixes venison delicious....

[Ditter]

People pay for guides because they don’t know the country, where the animals are and their habits. Also foreign countries don’t let you just walk into their country and start hunting. The guide is supposed to know where to take you , they are guides after all. This is how those people make their living. You have to have a license from the government.

In our own country you have to have property leased from the owner. There is public land but I am not sure how you get permission to hunt there but I am sure you do.