What sort of sport is luring a rather tame lion out in the dark of
night and killing it with a bow and arrow. Was it the joy of the
kill? The excitement of knowing the old lion did not die at once, but
suffered before death? Or was it just the thrill of an arrogant
American "Wanna Be", looking to be a "Somebody"?
Frankly, I hope this great sportsman finds his dental business as dead
as a rotten molar. You think I would let his dirty hands in my mouth?
Does this sad example of an American First Class Citizen think he is
so Goddamned Special that he can just go off killing for the pleasure
of killing? Is this what our grand nation is breeding?
When are we going to stop calling killing a sport? Maybe a fun sport
would be to trick this sad excuse for a man out of his house some dark
night and then kick the crap out of him.
Now I 'm not suggesting chopping off his head and sticking it up over
the fireplace.
Carl Jarvis
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From: "Joseph HH - Avaaz.org" <avaaz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 11:22:21 -0400
Subject: Re: The dentist and the dead lion
To: "carjar82@xxxxxxxxx" <carjar82@xxxxxxxxx>
Dear friends,
A 13-year old lion named Cecil was just lured from a park in Zimbabwe
where he lived under legal protection, shot with a crossbow and rifle,
then beheaded and skinned. The hunter who paid over $50,000 for the
kill is a dentist from Minnesota.
Experts say lions could be extinct in the wild in our lifetime, and
the US is partly to blame. The number of lion trophies imported by
American hunters has skyrocketed, doubling between 1999 and 2008, and
there are no sanctions in the US for hunters like the dentist who
killed Cecil, because lions aren't listed under the Endangered Species
Act despite a recent government recommendation.
Right now, the Fish and Wildlife Service is considering a petition to
list lions as endangered, and a massive outcry from across the country
could speed up the process and start saving lions now. Sign now and
recruit others to join on Facebook, Twitter, and everywhere else:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/us_list_endangered_african_lions_b/?blJLibb&v=62544
Can you imagine the African savannah completely devoid of lions? It's
a depressing thought, but defending lions like Cecil also isn't even
just about altruism; Cecil was a major tourist attraction at Hwange
National Park, and a few days of his photo being taken by tourists was
more lucrative for Zimbabwe than the one-off price paid for his head.
Countless other tourism jobs across southern and East Africa depend on
the existence of these incredible animals.
Listing the African lion under the Endangered Species Act wouldn't
immediately create a ban on American hunters traveling to Africa to
hunt lions, but it would establish a stringent new permitting process,
whereby any hunting could only happen in closely monitored programs
that also support lion conservation. It's the first step toward any
real, ambitious plan to save the world's lions, and frankly it's
outrageous that it hasn't happened already.
It's past time we respond to this dramatic scenario with dramatic
action, starting by listing lions as endangered. If everybody also
finds one friend to join them, we can double the strength of our
demand. Sign here and let's make sure Cecil's death wasn't in vain:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/us_list_endangered_african_lions_b/?blJLibb&v=62544
Scientists warn that we're living in an era known as the sixth
extinction, an acceleration of habitat and species loss from
urbanization, climate change, and aggressive hunting. Large mammals
like lions are some of the most vulnerable; their rates of
reproduction lag far behind the rate they're being hunted and poached.
But our movement is accelerating too, and every day Avaaz members
worldwide are propelling hopeful and ambitious policies forward to
build the world we love, a world where African lions continue to roam.
With roaring hope,
Joseph, Rewan, Mia, Andrew and the whole Avaaz team
More information:
Cecil the lion's killer revealed as American dentist
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/11767119/Cecil-the-lions-killer-revealed-as-American-dentist.html
Zimbabwe's 'iconic' lion Cecil killed by hunter
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33674087
African Lions Face Extinction by 2050, Could Gain Endangered Species
Act Protection
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/african-lions-face-extinction-by-2050-could-gain-endangered-species-act-protection/
African lion (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/what-we-do/african_lion.html
Scientists Warn ‘Sixth Extinction’ May Be Underway
http://time.com/3929419/scientists-sixth-extinction
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