Posted on 07/29/2015 1:09:51 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
Cecil, a 13-year-old lion, wandered out of his sanctuary in a national park in Zimbabwe this month, following the scent of a potential snack.
At the other end of Cecil’s search was a lure, placed there by hunters who, conservationists say, wanted their prey to cross into unprotected territory so they could kill him.
Cecil, well known to those who visited the Hwange National Park in western Zimbabwe for his jet black mane, was beheaded, according to conservation officials. His corpse was left to rot in the sun.
Zimbabwean officials said that Dr. Walter J. Palmer, an American hunter known for killing big game with a bow and arrow, killed Cecil, and was being sought on poaching charges.
Johnny Rodrigues of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said Cecil was lured out of a protected game preserve one night in early July by a hunting party that tied a dead animal to a car.
The first shot, which the authorities say came from Dr. Palmer’s crossbow, was not enough to kill the lion. Cecil was tracked for nearly two days before Dr. Palmer killed him with a gun. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Lion attacks hunters (real)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt0am0b8rG4
“Lion” attacks many people and licks them...
(may not be real...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuHO2KcX6bI
Thanks for links.
Jonathan Kincaid (Rory Calhoun) and his guide Ramoo, arrive on the island hoping to hunt a castaway named Gilligan.
That is a real hunt.....
Luckily Gilligan outsmarted them.
I am with you but I will kill a tick and mosquitoes with thespecially frightening and sharpassault proboscis.
fixt.
How many people hunting lions have been killed by the lions they targeted in the past 20 years? You claim to have all sorts of numbers; let’s see all of the numbers of hunters with high powered rifle and scopes who were killed out on the plains by the lions they were hunting.
Once again, you are posting BULLSHIT.
You don’t believe in law and order? I do. I don’t believe in primitive justice being handed out by the mob. Careful what you wish for.
I’ve been looking at this topic and it may very well be that this guy was a victim of corrupt poacher/guides. I don’t know that for a fact but I’d wait and see before getting out the ropes and nooses.
Plenty of threads on that subject. I’ve been following the Planned Parenthood video threads. I understand why so many are passionate, but EVERY thread someone jumps in with “Why are you talking about this instead of abortion?” There are other subjects of importance to conservatives AND the fact that the abortion industry is doing what it is doesn’t mean that OTHER deaths and things of evil aren’t ALSO happening.
I can be sort of the same way regarding RKBA- as in “HOW CAN ANYBODY CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE WHEN THEY ARE TAKING AWAY THE RIGHT THAT UNDERLIES ALL OTHERS!!!!!!”
Yeah, I’ll malign his “character”. Killing something incompetently which he has no intention to eat, such hot stuff that he only ‘marginally severely ‘ wounds it, after having it lured away despite it having a collar on. And then the BS excuse of blaming the guides- Right, nearly tame and right next to a refuge.
Bastard, I hope someone shanks him and he takes 40 hours to die in pain.
I know trophy hunters, they don’t shoot unless it’s a clean kill.
It’s not like you NEED to make the kill to feed your family.
As I wrote earlier, I am not anti hunter. And you make some good points.
Fortunately I will never be in the position to spend that much on a permit. My wife would shoot me before I got a chance to put my boots on!
On behalf of nascent life and humanity in general, thanks for “noticing” my comment ;)
Nothing against Cecil, but the unfortunate dichotomy that concerns his (former) wellbeing alone is thankfully circulating the interwebs.
Riiiiight... How very romantic. You really don't know what you are talking about.
LOL! That lion was shot in about 1910. You should recognize the Progressive RINO standing over him.
Go here and input his name and state.
His loss on that RINO investment is only ten percent of the 50 large he dropped on his African misadventure.
Yep. High dollar big game safari hunting helps preserve these herds.
There were times in the Old West when citizens dragged people out of their cell and hanged them. There are times the latest is deserved, and this is one of those times. Let the mob have have at this ahole.
You’re a real creep. You don’t even know the full story but you’re calling for a lynching. You’re a creep; go talk to someone else.
So you’re saying maiming an animal over and over again is considered standard behavior for hunters? I guess I’m a romantic as well.
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