Dipshit American Dentist Kills Beloved Cecil the Lion

[Straight Shooter]

Cecil, a 13-year-old lion, wandered out of his sanctuary in a national park in Zimbabwe this month, following the scent of a potential snack.

At the other end of Cecil’s search was a lure, placed there by hunters who, conservationists say, wanted their prey to cross into unprotected territory so they could kill him.

Cecil, well known to those who visited the Hwange National Park in western Zimbabwe for his jet black mane, was beheaded, according to conservation officials. His corpse was left to rot in the sun.

Zimbabwean officials said that Dr. Walter J. Palmer, an American hunter known for killing big game with a bow and arrow, killed Cecil, and was being sought on poaching charges.

Johnny Rodrigues of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said Cecil was lured out of a protected game preserve one night in early July by a hunting party that tied a dead animal to a car.

The first shot, which the authorities say came from Dr. Palmer’s crossbow, was not enough to kill the lion. Cecil was tracked for nearly two days before Dr. Palmer killed him with a gun.

The details of the lion’s death have outraged nature enthusiasts and conservationists around the world who are troubled by wealthy big-game hunters who pay tens of thousands of dollars for licenses to kill protected animals for trophies and sport.

Hunting advocates and some conservationists argue that, if done responsibly, the selling of expensive licenses to big-game hunters can help pay for efforts to protect endangered species. In 2013, the Dallas Safari Club in Texas fought for the right to sell at auction a permit for the hunting of a black rhino in Namibia, setting off a debate over the practice.

The group argued that a limited hunt helped thin the herd of weak rhinos so the population could grow, and that the $350,000 paid in 2014 by a reality show host to hunt the animal would help fund Namibia’s conservation efforts.

In 2009, Dr. Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota, paid $45,000 at an auction to help preserve an elk habitat in California.

A big-game hunter who prides himself on his skills in hunting without firearms, Dr. Palmer was profiled in 2009 in The New York Times, when he shot an elk dead from 75 yards with a compound bow in pursuit of a new bowhunting record. The Telegraph in Britain reported on Tuesday that he paid around $54,000 for the opportunity to hunt a lion.

Thousands of people have signed a petition, intended for Zimbabwe’s president, demanding justice for Cecil, and angry animal rights supporters have gone online to express their outrage at Dr. Palmer.

Once he was named as the hunter who killed Cecil, Dr. Palmer’s dentistry website was taken offline, and social media users quickly created a parody Facebook page for his office. His Yelp page was also overrun with indignant commenters.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on Tuesday that Dr. Palmer’s dentistry office had abruptly closed. A makeshift memorial featuring plush animal toys had been set up outside the office on Tuesday afternoon.

In a statement, Dr. Palmer defended his actions, saying that he believed what he had done was legal.

“I had no idea that the lion I took was a known, local favorite, was collared and part of a study until the end of the hunt,” Dr. Palmer said. “I relied on the expertise of my local professional guides to ensure a legal hunt.”

He said he had not yet been contacted by the authorities in Zimbabwe.

Dr. Palmer has had past legal problems related to hunting. He faced probation after he pleaded guilty in 2008 to making a false statement to federal officials about where, exactly, a black bear was killed in Wisconsin.

Attempts to reach Dr. Palmer on Tuesday at his home and his office were unsuccessful.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/29/w...ng-cecil-a-beloved-lion-in-zimbabwe.html?_r=0

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

Not all Doctors and Dentists are smart. They just know how to get through school. This shithead deserves everything bad that comes his way.

 

[GodsEmbryo]

One word: scumbag.

 

[Supafly]

I wish the shooter will get a visit by ISIS and beheaded himself.

 

[Rey C.]

Trophy hunters are not hunters. They're thrill seeking scum.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

I never could understand the reasoning behind killing an animal, you wouldn't eat. I get waiting for a buck, instead of a doe, but to kill an exotic animal just because it gives you the jollies is just pathetic. This dude needs to be tossed into a lion exhibit at which ever zoo, has the hungriest lions. The people that helped him should get to take the same ride. The question which asshole gets to watch, and think about what they did.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

It makes me sad that there is more outrage and media coverage of this than the Planned Parenthood baby organ selling scandal.

 

[Mr_Stiffy]

The group argued that a limited hunt helped thin the herd of weak rhinos so the population could grow

Let's help increase the population by..... killing them.

QUICK NED, THIN OUT THEIR NUMBERS!!

 

[Straight Shooter]

It makes me sad that there is more outrage and media coverage of this than the Planned Parenthood baby organ selling scandal.

It's not an either/or. Glenn Beck made a big fuss over Jimmy Kimmel getting emotional over the killing saying “Jimmy Kimmel cries over the story?!? This is what he connects with? This is what the West finds important?” He went on to say the same thing you said about the Planned Parenthood controversy. My response to him would be that everything doesn't have to be an either/or, black and white situation. You can care about Cecil and PP at the same time. You can say that climate change is one of the greatest threats to humanity but at the same time still focus on ISIS and the threat that it poses.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

 

[D-rock]

Huh lets see, somebody:

1. Has a love affair with killing endangered species for some nonsensical reason. Bonus points for doing it in a manner that pretty lame.
2. Doesn't mind getting involved with shady people that use practices that blatantly seem shady to those with common sense right in front of him.
3. Doesn't mind claiming profound ignorance as an excuse or just lying.
4. Probably wonders why people think of him as a douche.

What could possibly go wrong with a situation like that?

 

[Straight Shooter]

What's even more sad is that his 12 cubs will most likely die by whichever lion takes over as head of the pride

 

[RASQ]

What's even more sad is that his 12 cubs will most likely die by whichever lion takes over as head of the pride

There's already a Lion named Jericho hunting the cubs one by one.

 

[CrimsonBolt]

We should do the same thing with that son of a bitch.

Actually he would look great on my toilet wall.

 

[xfire]

Planned Parenthood should send a sniper to assassinate this asshole dentist.

 

[288gto]

another rich fucktard who thinks he can do anything just because has money. more worse is he killed a white rhino, more endangered specie than the lion. this fool should rot in hell, stupid rich ass bastard. he thinks money can do anything, but now it's time to see the truth.

 

[L3ggy]

Death is too kind for assholes like him.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

another rich fucktard who thinks he can do anything just because has money. more worse is he killed a white rhino, more endangered specie than the lion. this fool should rot in hell, stupid rich ass bastard. he thinks money can do anything, but now it's time to see the truth.

To be fair to the asshole he did a service for the herd of rhinos. The male rhino in question was attacking rival younger males and juvenile rhinos sometimes killing them even though he was done breeding. The $350k he spent for the permit to kill this animal helped equip game wardens, pay for vet services and a number of other things that helped protect the remaining rhinos. Could the rhino have been shipped to a zoo somewhere? Maybe, but then the other rhinos in any zoo would be put in danger from a rogue bull. Still a pretty chickenshit way to hunt but I don't fault him.

Elsewhere, l̶i̶b̶e̶r̶a̶l̶ ̶a̶s̶s̶h̶o̶l̶e̶ celebrity Mia Farrow tried to tweet the dentist's home address but instead put out his business address. F̶u̶c̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶d̶u̶m̶b̶a̶s̶s̶ Great job!

 

[MMMariah]

Don't even get me started. His punishment should be that he's released into a cage of hungry lions.

 

[RASQ]

"Zimbabwean baffled by foreign concern for killed lion."

http://news.yahoo.com/minnesota-man-killed-lion-keeps-low-profile-amid-055219642.html#

Apparently Lions get killed everyday in Zimbabwe that they could care less about Cecil. To them it's another Lion biting the dust. Which makes sense cause they have other things to worry about such as, SURVIVAL! We as Americans have luxuries, food, electricity, and good cool water to quench our thirst on hot summer days that we tend to forget (more like, not giving a fuck) the struggle the Zimbabweans endure. Yet, we in America give a shit about a Lion most of us have never seen or planned on seeing. In contrast, the Zimbabweans make an excellent point, half of me wants to side with them, and I too want the dentist to give Lions free dental care. But, the other half of me says fuck'em, fuck that Lion, and good job dentist dude (now sell Cecil's hide on ebay so I can buy it.)

I live in America, The Greatest Country in the World! Let their Government handle it.