Did I ever tell you about the time...
Posted on 07/30/2015 5:04:19 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
...Animal Rights Groups Are Desperate to Cover Up
Both social media and the progressive mainstream media have been in an uproar over the past few days about the death of “Cecil,” a 13-year-old lion in Zimbabwe.
Cecil was killed in an organized licensed hunt by a big game hunter, Minnesota dentist Dr. Walter Palmer, who has now gone into hiding after receiving numerous death threats from outraged animal rights activists.
However, it would appear that the outrage surrounding the death of Cecil is what is commonly known as a “First World Problem,” as residents of Zimbabwe were mostly unaware of, and really don’t care about, the death of just another lion.
“What lion?” was the response of acting Information Minister Prisca Mupfumira, after being asked about the death of Cecil.
Though the government had yet to give an official response to the lion hunt, local authorities opened an investigation into whether the professional guides who led the hunt abided by the rules and regulations in place for such things.
According to Yahoo News, that hasn’t stopped angry animal rights and anti-hunting activists from ruining the life of Dr. Palmer, with some calling for his arrest, extradition and even death for hunting the lion with a bow and arrow and finishing it off with a gun.
But most people in Zimbabwe don’t care about the dead lion, as they have much greater problems to deal with, such as an 80 percent unemployment rate, insane monetary inflation and a hugely corrupt government.
“Are you saying that all this noise is about a dead lion? Lions are killed all the time in this country,” said Tryphina Kaseke, a used-clothes hawker on the streets of Harare. “What is so special about this one?”
The truth is, most locals in Zimbabwe actually look forward to the big game hunts that Westerners engage in, as the high price tag for the hunts means money pumped into the local economy, not to mention the meat from such hunts is required by law to be given to local tribes and villages.
“Why are the Americans more concerned than us?” said Joseph Mabuwa, a 33-year-old father of two. “We never hear them speak out when villagers are killed by lions and elephants in Hwange.”
Lions and other large animals are typically viewed as dangerous by the local population, and if these animals are not hunted, their populations will explode and bring about all sorts of other issues, like rampant disease and increased attacks on people.
If only as much outrage over a dead and dismembered lion were directed at those who kill and dismember hundreds of thousands of babies per year, our society might have a moral leg to stand on.
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 : I’ve 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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