Will We Ever Hold Trophy Hunters Accountable for Their Actions?! It Needs To Happen!

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.therainforestsite.com/cecilmurder2/


Chances are you’ve heard about the murder of Zimbabwe’s famous lion, Cecil. The story of Cecil’s death at the hands of sadistic dentist Walter Palmer from Minnesota has become international news, and has brought a great deal of necessary attention to the evils of big game hunting. Cecil is the face of trophy hunting now, but between 1996 and 2006, nearly 96 lions were hunted. PER YEAR. Rhinos are also extremely vulnerable, with 15-20 killed a year by poachers and hunters. It is time to make a greater push to make sure heartbreaking stories like this never happen again.



Hunting for “sport” has been controversial since its inception, bringing up questions of the morality of killing animals simply for a laugh, as well as the penchant of humans to wipe out entire species for no good reason. The Dodo bird is obviously the go-to creature when talking about extinction, but on July 27th of 2015, not even a week ago, we saw one of the last 5 white rhino’s left pass away. It is only a matter of time before we lose the last 4. Their drive to extinction is due to human desire for their horns, and we are very, very good at killing what we want. As we have advanced as a species, more people are realizing that animals are just as important to the world as people are (although how this was ever a question is depressing in its own right). Trophy hunting has become unpopular to a more educated public.

Sadly, improving technology has made hunting easier for people that still have an overwhelming desire to kill for a head or skin to hang on the wall. With increased ability to trap, drug, trick, or force animals out of their homes and into vulnerable spaces, not to mention advancements in weaponry, people who otherwise wouldn’t brave being on the same continent with some of these creatures are comfortable going on trophy hunts. And big-game hunting is almost more damaging than it ever has been.

Cecil was a famous lion living in a protected area of Zimbabwe, part of a conservation and educational effort working to save and renew lion populations in Africa. He was tagged with a GPS collar in order to study the movement of the pride, and to protect the lions from poachers. The men tied a dead animal to their car, encouraging Cecil to follow them out of the protected area. Then Palmer, who paid $50,000 for the chance to kill a lion, shot Cecil with a crossbow. However, Palmer is apparently a terrible shot, and only managed to wound the big cat. It wasn’t until the next day – 40 hours later – that they managed to find him, and finish him off with a gun. They then removed the head and skin before trying to destroy the GPS device that was on Cecil – an action that puts a hole in Palmer’s argument that he thought everything was aboveboard. As he’s done in the past, Palmer took a photo with his trophy so he could show off just how brave and tough he really is.

FULL story at link.

[Warpy]

1. Ban the importation of all non foodstuff animal parts

the only exceptions being semen or eggs taken from threatened or endangered species to be used in breeding programs at zoos.

That means no heads, taxidermied or otherwise, no pelts, no tchotchkes with bunny or cat fur glued to them, no fur coat pelts. Vain rich women who want fur coats can get them made from animals raised domestically for their fur.

Men with masculinity issues who want trophy rooms can buy the heads from antique and curio dealers.

Canned hunts of non meat species also need to be banned, but protect endangered animals in their natural habitats first.

[Arugula Latte]

2. These fuckers need to know that THEY will be hunted like Walter Palmer

in the sense that their personal information can make its way around the world at lightning speed and for the rest of their lives they will have to wonder if their disgusting act of savagery -- murdering a beautiful and rare animal -- was worth giving up their anonymity and angering untold numbers of people.

I think Anonymous should make it very clear that all trophy hunting scumbags will be putting themselves out there as a target for Internet sleuths to hunt down and publicize relentlessly.

[msongs]

3. oh I thought this was going to be about police departments nt

[kwolf68]

4. Thanks for your contribution

Why don't people who have no interest in this issue just get lost on another thread of "greater importance" and leave the rest of us the fuck alone?

[EL34x4]

5. White liberals who have never set foot in

Sub-Saharan Africa, upset over a dead, elderly lion in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Maybe I should post the video of "witches" getting burned to death in Kenya?

...Or kids in Sierra Leone getting their arms chopped off?

Videos are out here.

First World problems.