I don't think breaking the law is irrelevant.
Really? You think that the liberal toads braying for Dr. Palmer’s scalp are shocked, (shocked!) by the notion that Zimbawe’s game laws might have been breeched? And they are just fine with trophy hunting as long as all of the paperwork was in order? No way. Maybe that’s where you’re at, but it sure isn’t the source of the outrage.
And while we’re at it, just what laws were broken, anyway? And how do we know this? The complaint, in the form of a press release from the Zimbabwe parks and wildlife management authority is that the landowner didn’t actually have a permit for a lion on his land, though the professional guide insisted that all proper permits were in place.
But the interesting thing, at least to me, is that the internet outrage has focused on “baiting” this “iconic” lion out of his protected habitat. Now, having read the press release, I’m convinced that if those things had contravened Zimbabwe’s game laws, those charges would have been added to the complaint. That they have not tells me a couple of things:
1. The internet outrage machine was stoked with a story tweaked and twisted to tug at the heartstrings of urban “animal lovers” and non-hunters and
2. If there WAS a violation, (and that is a long way from being documented) it was related to the landlord’s apparent deception of both the guide and the client.
The lack of interest in finding out the truth is telling. The agenda is clear: stop trophy hunting (under the guise of objecting to poaching). It’s sick PETA nonsense and it’s not going to go without comment here.