My mother, your mother all mothers at one time or another would tell you "those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" Well here we are with the perfect example. A young man, whom I don't know nor will I ever meet, nor will half
the world. He works hard and his hobby is trophy hunting, do I agree with it, hell no, would I do it hell no. He is by all means living the dream, works hard at his job/career and when he can goes to a foreign country to fulfill his dream of shooting a lion and not just any lion but a great one. So he goes thru the channels, gets all the shots, buys all the proper permits required from the Foreign Country which is allowing him to do this and off he goes.
Does it matter that he is a dentist, hell no. Does it matter he has a family, hell no. Does it matter that he used bait to get his kill, hell no. WHY because he did what was allowed by this country to fulfill his dream. Do I agree with it Fuck no. But every year in the States & Canada we bait animals to trap, shoot or bow hunt. We call in ducks, geese and other fowls tricking them into thinking there is a mate near by, is that okay? Well it must be to all of you out there that are crucifying this poor bastard. Hell I'm as mad about it as all of you but Jesus take a step back and look at what you are saying and doing. He has done nothing wrong other than you are all upset about a lion you never knew existed till now.
Animals are killed daily for their furs, their skins, tusks, livers, gall bladders, fins, teeth, and yes even their penises. Have any of you found out who is doing this and ruining their life, have any of you gone to a rally or signed a petition or taken a bill to your government to stop all this. Most of you haven't, hell I haven't either but I'm still as pissed about what happened as anyone. But it boils down to this, it is allowed as is; baiting bears, chumming the waters for a pickerel in the winter, deer scent & deer feeding stations to keep the deer close, (national geographic) hunters use old antlers to rack against the trees, hoping to trick moose near to defend their territory.
It is like telling a woman after she has been raped repeatedly and she finds out she is pregnant that she has to keep that baby. Do I approve of abortions no, but if it was me I don't know if I would want the baby. Abortions are as bad as killing animals,for no other reason than you can show the picture that you did it. Is that an extreme example hell yes but what you are doing to this man is also extreme.
A friend of mine went to Africa 2 yrs ago, it cost him 25,000.00 for the chance to kill a Zebra, Water Buffalo, Giraffe. They paid 5,000.00 alone for the permit to do this. They were not allowed to bring home any part of the animal but they could take as many photos as they wanted. So he goes over not knowing anyone else in the group. Now this man is 75 yrs old at the time and was as excited as could be. He talked about it for months and finally the day came and off he went. He got there bought the proper gun and ammo needed as did all 7 of them and then the next day when they were ready to start the hunt were informed only 1, not all 7 but only ONE of them could kill an animal. So they drew straws of grass. The shortest got to do the kill and if he didn't kill one then oh sorry for your luck. He did not get the straw and the man that drew the right straw did shoot a Zebra. They all stood around the dead animal taking pictures, then they gutted it and gave it to the local village people. So are you going to ruin their lives to because of what they did. Cecil the lion was just as important as the fallen Zebra but someone somehow got wind of his plight and now a mans career and life will for ever be changed because he killed Cecil, not the gun. Yet in the states they always say that it is their right to bare arms because it is not the gun that kills well tell Cecil the Lion that.
So the next time you want to put someone down or throw stones from your Glass House, remember the words from a very kind man I hear! "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
Very good points and interesting read!
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