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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Mon Jul 27, 2015, 12:15 PM Jul 2015

%$%@#!! hunter paid $55,000 To Kill Zimbabwe's Most Famous Lion

A large, handsome creature with a lush mane tinged with black, the 13-year-old lion was called the “biggest tourist attraction” at Hwange, the country’s premier wildlife park.

But earlier this month, Cecil was found dead -- skinned and headless -- on the outskirts of Hwange. According to reports, a hunter allegedly shelled out $55,000 to kill and decapitate the lion.

It's believed that Cecil was lured out of the national park into an adjacent hunting concession area with bait in the form of a freshly killed animal. At that point, the lion was shot with a bow and arrow, National Geographic reports. The dying lion, who was wearing a GPS collar, was then followed by the hunter for 40 hours before he was finally killed with a rifle.
Snip:
“We have to give up for dead his six cubs, as a new male won’t allow them to live so as to encourage Cecil’s three females to mate,” he said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cecil-zimbabwe-lion-killed_55b5ca3ce4b0224d8832a327?utm_hp_ref=canada&ir=Canada§ion=canada&adsSiteOverride=ca

If only we could direct lightening bolt strikes.............
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%$%@#!! hunter paid $55,000 To Kill Zimbabwe's Most Famous Lion (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 OP
apparently money overrides common sense, kindness and compassion hollysmom Jul 2015 #1
This is so very very sick Gothmog Jul 2015 #2

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)
1. apparently money overrides common sense, kindness and compassion
Mon Jul 27, 2015, 12:25 PM
Jul 2015

I am starting to wonder if humanity is a good trait after all..

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