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[ROMARY]

I just heard that the lion was shot with an arrow and suffered for forty hours before he was found.  Letting any living thing suffer is a no-no.  I'm actually sick over this.  Can't imagine anyone doing this to a protected (or other) animal.  One can only imagine what he was thinking, walking away after that one arrow.

[oceantown]

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@Bird mama wrote:

I don't even have to read the article, the snippet included in the post is enough for me.

Smaug, I'll say it for you - I'd like to set him on fire.

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This is a terrible thing to say.

IamMrsG,

I was trying to reply when the old thread was locked.  So, I started a new thread so that I could reply to you. 

[biancardi]

why are some people determined to shut down threads?  You know that type of talk got the other one locked

anyway...RIP Cecil

How anyone can murder such a beautiful animal, I do not know

[biancardi]

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/african-lions-face-extinction-by-2050-could...

by 2050 - these beautiful animals could be extinct.  And now Cecil's 24 cubs could be also killed, due to another male lion taking over the pride.

[ROMARY]

One step back for human kind.  Well, more than one step.

[IamMrsG]

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@ROMARY wrote:

One step back for human kind.  Well, more than one step.

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Yeah, "Giant leap" more like it.  

[IamMrsG]

Biancardi wrote:  why are some people determined to shut down threads?  You know that type of talk got the other one locked

I was sorry to see the other thread locked, and cannot say I agree with the decision.  Oceantown and I had a difference of opinion, but I saw no threat of animosity in our exchanges.   

[LilacTree]

I responded on the other thread . . . suffice it to say I am devastated over this and hope that individual suffers in life in some way equal to what he did to that magnificent animal.

[IamMrsG]

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@biancardi wrote:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/african-lions-face-extinction-by-2050-could...

by 2050 - these beautiful animals could be extinct.  And now Cecil's 24 cubs could be also killed, due to another male lion taking over the pride.

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I understand the next alpha male will want to remove traces of Cecil's line from the pride; however, I do not understand why those cubs could not be rescued and raised, then returned to the wild somewhere else.

[biancardi]

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@IamMrsG wrote:

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@biancardi wrote:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/african-lions-face-extinction-by-2050-could...

by 2050 - these beautiful animals could be extinct.  And now Cecil's 24 cubs could be also killed, due to another male lion taking over the pride.

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I understand the next alpha male will want to remove traces of Cecil's line from the pride; however, I do not understand why those cubs could not be rescued and raised, then returned to the wild somewhere else.

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resources and funds.  There is a petition to do save them. I would donate to the fund.  Perhaps one of these trophy hunters could donate 55K...