The Lion killer

[Paul Kersey]

Just read the article about the American tv presenter posting about shooting the lion on her twitter/facebook. Now, I might sound like a hypocrite as I would not care less if it was deer, boar, fox etc but I can't see how one gets enjoyment out of shooting such a majestic animal or understand the purpose (unless you are threatened by the animal). Apparently it's not illegal in some countries - guess there's some sort of tourist attracted to this activity.

http://m.theage.com.au/world/lion-h...d-in-barrage-of-criticism-20131116-2xnum.html

Just seems sad to me.

 

[Tulip]

I heard a snippet earlier and thought the outcry was over her with a gun.

I have no problem with that, but to kill a lion?

I know I've never walked a mile in her shoes, and I do hate a Twitter lynch mob, but that's a really low act. She has no right to call it a 'beautiful male lion' - she killed the thing for no reason.

 

[Gough]

It is sad, but it goes on a lot. It's just that those who do partake in this sort of thing aren't so crass (or high profile) as to display their handiwork for the world to see.
My old man is African and he grew up around guns, but the rules enforced by my late grandfather were that you had to eat whatever you kill, so it discouraged this sort of distasteful trophy hunting.

 

[JuddsABlue]

I'm not a hunter, I guess I'm against hunting for sport but you wont find me marching at the start of duck season

I have no issue with eating meat/killing animals for food as thats the way the world works. We are where we are because we started to eat meat and grow stronger/develop bigger brains.

But yeah I dont understand why people kill animals for sport (ok I probably do understand its somewhat enjoying or a hobby etc which is why they do it. Everyone has something that gets them off) but I dont think it should be something people do

 

[Tulip]

Game hunting (deer, kangaroo, duck) for sport is in poor taste IMO - but lions are surely out of bounds? I'd like to see her actually come face to face with this thing without her gun, and then see just how much respect she has for the animal she's murdered for nothing.

 

[Tulip]

It is sad, but it goes on a lot. It's just that those who do partake in this sort of thing aren't so crass (or high profile) as to display their handiwork for the world to see.
My old man is African and he grew up around guns, but the rules enforced by my late grandfather were that you had to eat whatever you kill, so it discouraged this sort of distasteful trophy hunting.

Yep, check the rhino and elephant poachers.

 

[Gough]

Yep, check the rhino and elephant poachers.

Plenty of private parks run are for game hunting as well, which I would argue is at least better than poaching. But lions, no way, I spent about two hours one day watching a pride at Hwange play in the sun, how you could shoot an animal like that is beyond me.

 

[JuddsABlue]

And yeah hearing her call it a beautiful male lion is terrible

not sure how to put it into words other than why are you killing something you consider beautiful. Also found it interesting how she wrote stalked inside 60 yards or something, without actually writing she shot the thing. For me a more natural sentence would read "stalked inside 60 yards of this thing and killed it with one shot" but obviously saying the words that she killed it didnt sit right with her

 

[BALKAN]

Plenty of private parks run are for game hunting as well, which I would argue is at least better than poaching. But lions, no way, I spent about two hours one day watching a pride at Hwange play in the sun, how you could shoot an animal like that is beyond me.

Assert dominance

 

[Northworth]

surely we dont need to hunt lions any more

 

[Igloo]

I don't like hunting in the first place, but a google search of this woman brings some pretty sad photos. Seems she enjoys big game hunting.

 

[BALKAN]

It does make me wonder, have humans as a species had a go at eating every single species of animal on the planet? Were/are tigers and lions and cheetahs hunted for their meat?

 

[Thrawn]

She's a trophy hunter. Scumbucket in my view.

 

[Catfish Alley]

I don't particularly like it. It is legal though I guess. And,as others have said, I'd feel a bit hypocritical criticizing too much because I'm not really against duck, boar, deer, game fish hunting etc.

 

[Northworth]

as Ricky Gervais said - "what a hunt!!!!!...... spot the typo"

 

[little graham]

Can we start a campaign to spam her email?

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

I've seen it happen on TV to a female lion. Was heartbreaking. Makes my ****ing blood boil

 

[Aussie Assault]

The pic with the huge grizzly is just as sad which killed. Only need to look last week where one of the rhino species was officially classesd as extinct. There's some flogs in this world.

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[Stratton_Gun]

I've never seen the appeal in hunting for sport. Seems unnecessarily barbaric

 

[Ed_Gein]

I don't have a problem with hunting if you eat what you kill, like someone mentioned before. Hunting as a sport like the American TV presenter is a bit disgraceful though.

 

[Teen Wolf]

The quote by the guy from MD in that article sums up hunting pretty well, I think: ''You didn't kill a lion, you stood behind a machine and pulled a little trigger, you pathetic, sad excuse of a human.''

Not that it matters. Killing an animal for fun, be it with a gun or bare hands, is the act of a scumbag. But it doesn't seem like much of a "sport" if the animal never stood a chance.

 

[checkraiseulite]

Today/tonight style beat-up.

According to the article hunting lions is legal in South Africa. You personally might find it to be in bad taste or whatever, but if you have a problem take it up with the RSA legislature imo. Seems a lynch mob has formed pretty quickly.

Comparing it to poaching endangered animals like the rhino or whatever is completely off-point.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Hunting human is the only true test of skill.

Unless you box a bear or Lion. That would be manly. If someone told me they punched a black bear to death and have its head mounted on the wall i would judge him...but silently

 

[Tulip]

Today/tonight style beat-up.

According to the article hunting lions is legal in South Africa. You personally might find it to be in bad taste or whatever, but if you have a problem take it up with the RSA legislature imo. Seems a lynch mob has formed pretty quickly.

Comparing it to poaching endangered animals like the rhino or whatever is completely off-point.

How do you think the Rhino ended up being endangered?

Not by hunting, surely?

There is an estimated 30,000 lions left in the wild. Why anyone in our society should be allowed to kill one is beyond me.

 

[checkraiseulite]

a 2 minute google search reveals habitat destruction is a much bigger factor in reduction of lion population than hunting.

tourism hunting is a bit different than large-scale poaching for body parts.