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[Justice4all]

If you throw the poop around, does it stick to everybody?

[Say Nay]

@Justice4all lol. Years ago the zookeepers at the San Diego Zoo warned visitors to remove their sunglasses when observing monkeys in an outdoor enclosure. The monkeys  didn't like it when they couldn't see people's eyes and flung poop with sniper-like precision at them. 

[NC Bandwagon]

Oh, no! The poor lion never stood a chance. This wasn't even fair because this lion wasn't truly out in the wild. And now the lion's cubs might suffer, too. 

Maybe the park rangers can take the cubs and raise them in captivity until they're old enough to be let go and find mates of their own one day?

[Pearlee]

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@NC Bandwagon wrote:

Oh, no! The poor lion never stood a chance. This wasn't even fair because this lion wasn't truly out in the wild. And now the lion's cubs might suffer, too. 

Maybe the park rangers can take the cubs and raise them in captivity until they're old enough to be let go and find mates of their own one day?

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I thought that too, NC Bandwagon, but I heard a renowned lion expert who actually shoots animals legally in Africa to cull the herds when that is allowed in the wild - with acceptable permits, etc. (not that I condone that but he knows what he's talking about) say that that's the natural thing that happens in prides for a new male lion to establish his "creds" to impregnate females, and the authorities in Africa won't interfere with the natural workings of the pride. 

@Smaug  LOL too funny about the monkeys:  "with sniper-like precision"

[betteb]

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@3dlovely wrote:

I personally think he lost the right to call himself a human!  

I just saw an article where is says he has written to his patients and apologized for the inconvenience of him having to shut down his office for a while with all that is going on outside it.  I can't believe a patient would even consider going back to him.  He calls himself a doctor and yet he takes a life so easily.  

I know I have said it before, but I am counting on karma to put this idiot in his place.  

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Not only takes a life easily, but goes to great length and expense to do it. #Psychopath.

[Justice4all]

It's the old cliche about who's on what side of the enclosure

[italia8140]

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@evelomaddict wrote:

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@3dlovely wrote:

I personally think he lost the right to call himself a human!  

I just saw an article where is says he has written to his patients and apologized for the inconvenience of him having to shut down his office for a while with all that is going on outside it.  I can't believe a patient would even consider going back to him.  He calls himself a doctor and yet he takes a life so easily.  

I know I have said it before, but I am counting on karma to put this idiot in his place.  

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karma hasn't put robert mugabe in his place. he just celebrated his 92nd birthday, dining on elephant and other big game.

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 Let's all hope that his KARMA will be that he burns in hell. Same for Palmer.

[Pearlee]

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

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I so agree with you.....he uses the word "taken" to make it sound better....call it what it was......he baited and slaughtered Cecil.

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Kimmel; made that very point.  He said "take is what you do with aspirin.  He killed the kion."

[Pearlee]

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

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@Pearlee wrote:

This creep of a lion-killer just gets better and better.  According to The Daily Mail, an employee sued him for sexual harrassment in 2009 and he settled with her.  Her complaint alleged that she llost her job  after she reported this alleged odious conduct.  Read the article for the creepy allegations.  This guy makes my skin crawl:

WARNING: the link contains a photo of the dead (but not yet beheaded) Cecil with the dentist smiling broadly about "taking" him.  I'll bet today's events wiped that sh*t-eating grin off his face.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3179047/Dentist-killed-Cecil-lion-accused-sexual-harassment-...

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Actually, the lion in that photo is not Cecil (it tells you that under the photo), but another lion he had killed previously.

This man is a waste of skin, IMO.

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Oh, thank you for pointing that out, IG; I missed that by not reading the captions.

I'll go and edit my post to correct it.

[sidsmom]

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@Bestdressed wrote:

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@sidsmom wrote:

Recently, another illegal hunt in Africa.  Sad it happens way too often. 

Washington Post

NAIROBI — While the world mourned Cecil, the 13-year-old lion that was allegedly shot by an American hunter in Zimbabwe, an even more devastating poaching incident was quietly carried out in Kenya.

Poachers killed five elephants in Tsavo West National Park on Monday night. The carcasses were recovered by rangers on Tuesday morning — what appeared to be an adult female and her four offspring, their tusks hacked off.

While the killing of the lion in Zimbabwe has attracted the world’s attention, the death of the five elephants has received almost no coverage, even though elephants are under a far greater threat from poachers than lions. Their tusks can be sold in Asia for more than $1,000 per pound.

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First a lion... and now 5 elephants selfishly murdered. This makes me nauseous. I'd like to go on a hunt right now....and find those losers.

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Thank you, @Bestdressed, for acknowledging my input with the addition of this story.  

Unfortunately there have been many, many stories throughout the years in Zimbabwe with mass killings of those beautiful animals. 

Poaching as been practiced by many throughout the world.  Stricter laws need to be enforced.  CTL is not the first.  Many, many animals have ended their lives in the hands of illegal hunting.  

Though, I'm surprised people weren't outraged before when massive amounts of elephants died.  It was in the news then...was it because it didn't garner social media attention?  I can't believe the Public is that uneducated, but this proves me wrong.  Unless you have a talk show host crying, those aforementioned elephant lives don't matter.  

Why now, why CTL?   But if this one lion can bring attention to the long-standing illegal activity, then I applaud that.  

TIME did a story recently about the epidemic of poaching throughout the years.  Interesting read.  

 http://time.com/3978116/zimbabwe-cecil-the-lion-poaching-hunting-wildlife-walter-palmer/

"..in 2013, when hunters after elephant tusks — a set of which can fetch up to $16,000 on the black market across the border in South Africa — poisoned watering holes with cyanide, killing as many as 300 elephants, many with their calves by their side."