Interesting article, although I disagree with much of it.
One lion fewer to menace families like mine.
I don't have any personal liking or grudge towards lions, and I support the individual right to hate a species of animal, wish them dead, and try to make them dead, at least on your own property, and to a lesser extent your neighborhood and beyond.
But I think what sets this case apart is that: 1) this lion was part of a preserve, 2) was supposedly hunted in violation of the rules, 3) was of a semi-endangered sub-species. The article's author does not seem to acknowedge that.
PETA is calling for the hunter to be hanged.
I like most animals but I agree here that PETA is crap in general, and this is going too far. Assuming he is guilty of what he is accused, just ban this guy from ever hunting again or imprison him for a reasonable length of time.
Don’t tell us what to do with our animals when you allowed your own mountain lions to be hunted to near extinction in the eastern United States.
A fair point but the Zimbabwe government is also making just as much of a fuss. If the Zimbabwe government had said "Cecil was a menace, good riddance to him" this wouldn't have ever become a story.
Why Americans care more about African animals than about African people?...And please, don’t offer me condolences about Cecil unless you’re also willing to offer me condolences for villagers killed or left hungry...by political violence, or by hunger.
I've seen this said elsewhere as well and my response is screw you. It's someone's individual prerogative to like Cecil more than they like humans living in Zimbabwe. Or to at least feel that there is more point to supporting Cecil than there is to supporting hungry people in Zimbabwe. (Not saying I do personally).