Thread: Poor Cecil the Lion

I dont know about all yall.... but this murder of Cecil the Lion in Africa has me all tore up!

I mean, I feel like I just need someone to talk to about it....and Im having trouble sleeping at night because I am so distraught and the numerous news reports per day about Cecil the Dead freakin Lion.

Now, it is my understanding that this story fits right into the socialist agenda of a white male gun owners just being the worst of the worst. And Ive heard that Cecil died a slow and painful death after a fatal blow from the great white hunter's arrow.

Im just so much more worried about Cecil the dead lion in Africa than I am about the FACT THAT ILLEGAL ALIENS AND RECENTLY LEGALIZED ILLEGALS ARE MURDERING AMERICANS ACROSS OUR NATION TONIGHT!

What happens to lions in Africa is soooooo much more important than the handfuls of Americans killed in the last 24 hours due to our governments absolute failure to protect us form people coming into America.

And also more important than the 20+ people that will probably be killed just in Chicago and Baltimore this weekend by runaway thugs and gangs, some of which mob attack whites in unreported racist revenge attacks on whites.

Hush my darling... the Lion Sleeps tonight! hep hep hep.

W

Not meaning to be contentious with you, W, but most white male gun owners do not go to Africa to shoot endangered animals....what this guy did was disgusting. I was also brought up to believe that unless you're going to eat an animal or it is going to attack you (this includes roaches, ants, etc. invading one's home) a person is wrong to kill an animal. I only wear animal products that I know are also going to be eaten by someone.

But yes, I know, the American public should be more concerned about our citizens losing their lives over a cat losing his.

I never said shooting lions and thrill killing hunting was right or just, I'm just saying that Cecil the Lion is way down the list of my national concerns right now and the fact that so many people are emotionally caught up about this dead lion more than the blood, murder, and carnage being caused by illegal aliens that are hunting Americans makes me angry.

Im a defender of white male gun owners and all lawful gun owners. I am one my self, but the media wants to move from one story after another about white male gun owners being bad people and this Cecil The Dead Lion story is part of their socialist overthrow agenda as is their efforts to censor illegal alien crimes while making Ferguson and Baltimore protesters look like heroes!

W

After Killing of Cecil the Lion, Delta Joins Airline Ban on Game Trophies

AUG. 3, 2015



Cecil was well known in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe.CreditAgence France-Presse — Getty Images

UpdateBy ADAM H. GRAHAM

The recent killing of a popular lion named Cecil by an American dentist in Zimbabwe sparked considerable outrage on social media and elsewhere against safari hunting. The event has also brought to light the role that airlines play in transporting trophy kills as cargo, and may have contributed to changing airline policy.

On Monday, Delta Air Lines became the latest carrier to change its rules about transporting hunting trophies. Its announcement came as a group of airlines including Air France, KLM, Iberia, IAG Cargo, Singapore Airlines and Qantas signaled last week they would ban the transport of trophy-hunting kills, according to Paul Ferris, the campaign director atSumOfUs.org, a consumer-based petition agency in Brooklyn, which has pressed for changing cargo policies.

“Airlines and other large travel corporations would be foolish to ignore the public reaction to the killing of Cecil the lion, and growing concern about the plight of endangered species,” Mr. Ferris said.

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Such a ban was initiated by South African Airways in April, and Emirates, Lufthansa and British Airways later joined. These airlines pledged not to carry big game trophies, including elephants, rhinos, lions and tigers as cargo.

One major holdout had been Delta, which has direct service between the United States and countries in Africa. But bowing to pressure from some travelers and activists, and an online petition on Change.org, Delta changed its position too.

“Effective immediately, Delta will officially ban shipment of all lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies worldwide as freight,” according to a statement by Morgan Durrant, a Delta spokesman. “Prior to this ban, Delta’s strict acceptance policy called for absolute compliance with all government regulations regarding protected species. Delta will also review acceptance policies of other hunting trophies with appropriate government agencies and other organizations supporting legal shipments.”

Still resistance to change can run deep. South African Airways initially banned trophy cargo after a shipment of elephant tusks marked as machine parts bound for Kuala Lumpur was discovered during a stop in Australia. But since July there have been reports that SAA lifted the ban and has resumed shipping trophy kills.

Americans make up the bulk of non-African hunters. About 15,000 American tourists visit Africa on hunting safaris every year, according to Conservation Force, a nonprofit group that advocates responsible hunting. Currently, 11 African countries issue lion-hunting permits, including Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia and Tanzania.

Of those, South Africa’s hunting industry is the biggest, estimated to be worth around $675 million, according to the Professional Hunters Association. And just as important, it is woven into the luxury sector of the travel industry, with fees that can reach $55,000 to hunt lions, for example.

Many of the ranches in Africa where big game is hunted have their own luxury accommodations. Such is the case with Bushman Safaris, the outfitters used by Walter Palmer, the Minnesota dentist.



Luxury hotel chains do not condemn trophy hunting or ban hotel guests from big-game hunting, even though it does little for the local economy. Less than 3 percent of the revenue from trophy hunting goes to local guides, business owners or people living in communities near the animals, according to a report by the think tank Economists at Large.

Many conservationists are concerned that the laws regulating trophy hunting can be ambiguous and often lead to poaching.

African lion population numbers vary, but many estimate there were about 100,000 a century ago. Today, there are around 35,000. Lion populations had been stable, but because they dropped noticeably in the last three years, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the lion as a threatened species.

While this would not eliminate trophy hunting, it would regulate it through a permit system for importing sport-hunted trophies into the United States. Opponents to the listing are concerned that the agency’s proposal would hamper conservation funds raised by the fees collected for trophy hunting. A decision is expected by January 2016.

But while the pace of federal regulation moves slowly, conservationists said airlines like Delta and other travel corporations are in a much better position to press for change.

Correction: August 3, 2015
An earlier version of this article stated incorrectly that Delta is the only U.S. carrier to offer direct flights to Africa. United offers flights from Houston to Lagos, Nigeria.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/tr...-airlines.html

This meme going round on social media helps make the point Im getting at...

I know W, it is disgusting, the way the media demonizes all white male gun owners. We need to perform the same psychological warfare on those who like to do it to us!!! In a way that only punishes those individuals who are truly guilty, of course.

This is very sad. I feel every veteran of war should have the option of psychological counseling so as to prevent suicide.

I don't like any of it. The Vets, the lion - none of it!