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Hunters kill Zimbabwes most famous lion

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http://news.yahoo.com/zimbabwe-most-famo...05794.html

What a shame. Until much more severe penalties are enacted, this wll continue
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( This post was last modified: 07-23-2015, 10:39 PM by Pckts )

Already posted in the Bigcat news thread.

Edit:
My mistake, its not in the Bigcat news thread but I know @sanjay posted it somewhere on here.
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The Bigcat news option is no longer available on the site. What happened to it?
It seems to have disappeared
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They just changed the format around a bit.
http://wildfact.com/forum/topic-bigcats-...2#pid12302
 
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(07-23-2015, 10:02 PM)chaos Wrote: The Bigcat news option is no longer available on the site. What happened to it?
It seems to have disappeared

Chaos, it is moved under country forum ,
nothing has been removed only we have changed the categorization
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Thanks for the heads up guys
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United Kingdom Spalea Offline
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Very sad news...
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Sad, as any meaningless killing on this planet. Hint: Not just (trophy) hunting is pointless killing! Do your own thinking efforts 
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United Kingdom Spalea Offline
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@Wanderfalke

What do you expect me to say ? His death is sad not only because of his famous mane, not only because these fucking hunters would only perhaps have a tax to pay, not only because the lion became an endangered specie long time ago. Mainly sad because of the man's behaviour, the eternal human being... Man will never change.
The fucking french actor Gerard Depardieu spoke about his last trip in Africa that his auto was blocked - in a protected territory - by two joung lions lying on the way. What did he do despite his driver ? He killed with his riffle the two lions from his seat. He wanted to see "Africa" but didn't want to waste his time !!! He just related this story in his last book. So what ? Quite quiet this big man...
When I was to Kenya in 1989, I learnt that the most black maned lion of this country has been the national post offices effigy. Because of his famous mane reminding - till the belly hairs - these of the Cape lions sadly wiped out the beginning of the XXth century. This lion, living to the Masai Mara parc, when he was expelled out of his pride was accompanied by an other male lion, younger, bigger, but not so "maned", which took care of him if my memory is good. Thus he could die "peaceably" (for a lion of course). Which was not possible with this nowadays most famous Zimbabwe lion. Because of what the man does...
Sad, so sad...
 
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If you present the facts as they are, Spalea, readers will feel indignation towards those who don't care about those who inhabit the natural world. If you use strong language, the focus will move from heartlessness towards something else. In this way, you favour those who have shown no interest in the natural world.

There are two ways to change the situation. One is legislation and follow-up. This will take a long time, because of the lobbies and the money involved. The other way is losing face. In social mammals like humans, this will have way more effect.

Post the page in Depardieu's book for all to see. 
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(07-27-2015, 06:04 PM)'peter' Wrote: If you present the facts as they are, Spalea, readers will feel indignation towards those who don't care about those who inhabit the natural world. If you use strong language, the focus will move from heartlessness towards something else. In this way, you favour those who have shown no interest in the natural world.

There are two ways to change the situation. One is legislation and follow-up. This will take a long time, because of the lobbies and the money involved. The other way is losing face. In social mammals like humans, this will have way more effect.

Post the page in Depardieu's book for all to see. 

 

Great idea
 
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@chaos :

Sorry, but I am not going to buy his book in order to post the concerned page. I had only read some french newspapers about this story. And speaking french and not naturally english, I only can post a link of an english newspaper."In September, Gerard Depardieu alleged that he shot dead two lions in self-defence during a trip to Africa.Now he casually claims that he did, in fact, eat them too. In an interview with The Independent Magazine, out tomorrow, interviewer Philip Sweener asks if there was a ‘banquette de lion’, following the killing of the animals.“You ate them?” he asked.“Yes,” responds Depardieu, before detailing again his account of what happened. “We broke down on a track in the bush, in Burkina Faso. The two lions waited in front of us and wouldn’t move. Hours passed, and we couldn’t get out of the car, the African driver was very afraid.“We had no choice; we had to shoot them,” he concludes simply."

Part from the link: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people...21757.html

That is only more sickening than I thought. Especially when we know how seldom are the lions in this part of Africa.

The title of the Depardieu's book is "Ca s' est fait comme ça."... ("It happened like this").
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@peter @chaos : an other link about this sickening story:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people...38143.html
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(07-27-2015, 06:04 PM)'peter' Wrote: If you present the facts as they are, Spalea, readers will feel indignation towards those who don't care about those who inhabit the natural world. If you use strong language, the focus will move from heartlessness towards something else. In this way, you favour those who have shown no interest in the natural world.

There are two ways to change the situation. One is legislation and follow-up. This will take a long time, because of the lobbies and the money involved. The other way is losing face. In social mammals like humans, this will have way more effect.

Post the page in Depardieu's book for all to see. 

 
Yes, you're right.  Let us be polite and impartial. Thank you for what you told me.

Speaking and writing not fluently english (pleonasm !) I confess to have misunderstand the Wanderfalke's remark just after having told that the most famous Zimbabwe lion's death was a very sad story. And I confess too to react like a dinamo motor. I start slowly before sometimes getting excited.


 
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( This post was last modified: 07-29-2015, 05:17 AM by peter )

CECIL'S KILLER:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...babwe.html

Although his teeth seem to be ok, I do have some questions about his attitude towards poor old Cecil, who was beheaded. Not to mention all the others he killed. The list is long.

Are we aware of the fact today is 2015, Mr. Palmer? And not 1915? Do we know about the plight of wild animals today? Animals your children will never see when you continue like this?  

My advice would be to buy a decent camera. Use your next vacation to get the best footage of a wild lion so far. A living lion, I mean. One that still lives when you return to Minnesota. As you will do it on foot and without bows and rifles, you will have to invest a bit of time in learning about the ways of wild animals. Can I advice a meet with the locals? And a one-week course on tracking and how to behave with wild animals? For a decent fee, thus encouraging them to take an interest in their feline neighbours? Living neighbours who do not start screaming when they see a dentist, I mean a human?

If you do it in this way, the next generation might have the opportunity to see wild animals as well. Acting in a responsable way is the best legacy. Why don't you give it a try?
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