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mdbl

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31. I hope this raised awareness if anything good can come of this
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 08:17 AM
Sep 2015

Hunting lions for sport is really stupid. The amount of space for big cats to live gets lower and lower. Why make it harder for them to survive by killing them for a rug? It's just plain ignorant and self-aggrandizing.

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. irisblue Sep 2015 #1
Preach shenmue Sep 2015 #2
How ironic it would be if his rotting headless corpse was found somewhere outside of his office... Human101948 Sep 2015 #26
Come on. you think it'd be fine to murder and dismember this guy? 7962 Sep 2015 #33
I would never do that... Human101948 Sep 2015 #36
A rival dentist could mount his head on his waiting room wall. Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #67
Oh gosh golly no. tavernier Sep 2015 #47
Shit no! BuelahWitch Sep 2015 #66
Time to post this again: beac Sep 2015 #51
'taken it'... he says tomm2thumbs Sep 2015 #3
this bastard should be in jail. anyone who goes to him should be shunned. he's a liar roguevalley Sep 2015 #18
That's classic trophy hunter terminology. Paladin Sep 2015 #37
good point - "murder" is more appropos for Cecil's death wordpix Sep 2015 #58
That struck me as well CanonRay Sep 2015 #41
As usual, he's only sorry he got caught. love_katz Sep 2015 #4
Guy is a jackass rpannier Sep 2015 #5
Judging by the comments from the article ... CountAllVotes Sep 2015 #8
No, haven't you heard? He's got a contract as a political analyst with Fox News! PatrickforO Sep 2015 #9
Lets hope he doesn't end up at a debate CountAllVotes Sep 2015 #12
and then he'll get in the race for the repuke nomination wordpix Sep 2015 #59
He's going back to work at his dental clinic Tuesday. Should be interesting. progree Sep 2015 #6
How does he still have clients? IrishEyes Sep 2015 #61
Most people don't care about what happened hack89 Sep 2015 #64
Let me guess, he hired a pricey PR firm bluestateguy Sep 2015 #7
Can't use dishwashing detergent christx30 Sep 2015 #14
I am sure you are right and I am sure that is where the idea to substitute "taken" for beac Sep 2015 #32
Follow-up questions for Dr. Poacher pokerfan Sep 2015 #10
Apparently the guides dragged something behind their truck to lure him nt 7962 Sep 2015 #34
"It didn’t die immediately." PSPS Sep 2015 #11
OF COURSE it didn't die immediately---he shot it with a fucking ARROW. Paladin Sep 2015 #43
i call BULLSHIT. he's just trying to come out of hiding. pansypoo53219 Sep 2015 #13
His pants must be blazing like the dickens! nt tblue37 Sep 2015 #15
sociopath Skittles Sep 2015 #16
“If I had known this lion had a name and was important to the country or a study, obviously Feeling the Bern Sep 2015 #17
It sounds like you're holding back some.. Marty McGraw Sep 2015 #20
I have no tolerance for douchebags. This waste of bad period sex is King Douchebag. Feeling the Bern Sep 2015 #48
Lying liars will lie. LuvNewcastle Sep 2015 #19
Life will never be the same again for this guy... Helen Borg Sep 2015 #21
OH, PLEASE! Luring him out of a refuge? PLEASE!! secondwind Sep 2015 #22
It is not hunting when one stakes out a pile of dead animals and waits for a target to arrive. Sunlei Sep 2015 #23
Exactly. 7962 Sep 2015 #35
Didn't they remove the collar and throw it away? HE WAS THERE, HE SAW... HE KNEW n/t secondwind Sep 2015 #24
I don't know if he was there, hollysmom Sep 2015 #54
Being no hunter myself swilton Sep 2015 #56
.... trusty elf Sep 2015 #25
If he knew it's name he would not have taken it Geronimoe Sep 2015 #27
'Nobody knew' Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #28
Has this dentist surrendered to authorities yet? Gothmog Sep 2015 #29
Palmer and his party knew exactly which lion they were going after. Botany Sep 2015 #30
I hope this raised awareness if anything good can come of this mdbl Sep 2015 #31
Here's the governments' golden opportunity coming up LiberalElite Sep 2015 #38
we are pretty agitated at asshole murderers like him samsingh Sep 2015 #39
Why isn't this guy extradited and in jail? sinkingfeeling Sep 2015 #40
Isn't it interesting that most states regulate or ban TexasBushwhacker Sep 2015 #42
Send that fuck stick back to Zimbabwe. L0oniX Sep 2015 #44
I hope we do. beac Sep 2015 #52
totally where he belongs - on a Zimbabwe adventure wordpix Sep 2015 #60
He has it all wrong. valerief Sep 2015 #45
Little dick syndrome Geronimoe Sep 2015 #49
And before we both get beaten up here, the "dick" is a metaphor for a weak ego. nt valerief Sep 2015 #62
Where's the head? n2doc Sep 2015 #46
Probably the same place where d_legendary1 Sep 2015 #63
May he daily regret his murder. roody Sep 2015 #50
My gut feeling is this guy is a sociopath and this hasn't phased him one bit. He will do it again RKP5637 Sep 2015 #53
Foad, doctor Wabbajack_ Sep 2015 #55
I raise the BS flag swilton Sep 2015 #57
Yes, he's returning to work today - WITH a police escort. hamsterjill Sep 2015 #65
This piece of shit is a slow learner. Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #68
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