AN AMERICAN DENTIST MIGHT HAVE ILLEGALLY KILLED A LION IN
ZIMBABWE, AND THIS LION WAS A LOVABLE LION THAT TOURISTS AND
PEOPLE IN THE AREA WERE ACTUALLY PRETTY OBSESSED WITH, REFERRED
TO AS CECIL THE LION.
WALTER PALMER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS
THE AMERICAN DENTIST WHO USED A CROSSBOW TO KILL THIS LION, BUT
WHAT'S CRAZY ABOUT THE STORY WAS HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN.
THE LION
WAS ACTUALLY IN A NATURE PRESERVE, AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
PROTECTED.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, IT WAS LURED AWAY
FROM THE RESERVE, THAT WAY THIS DENTIST, WHO PAID $55,000 TO KILL
IT, WOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO.
AUTHORITIES IN ZIMBABWE SAY
WALTER PALMER FROM MINNEAPOLIS PAID A $55,000 BRIBE TO WILDLIFE
GUIDES TO ALLOW HIM TO SHOOT THE LION, NAMED CECIL, WITH A
CROSSBOW.
DOCTOR PALMER AND HIS
ACCOMPLICES ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE LURED THE LION OUT OF THE
PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL PARK USING BAIT, AND SHOT HIM WITH
THE BOW, A SILENT WEAPON INCREASINGLY USED BY HUNTERS
TRYING TO EVADE ARREST.
HUNTING FOR LIONS IS NOT ILLEGAL IN
ZIMBABWE, HOWEVER, IF IT IS IN A NATIONAL PART IT IS SUPPOSED TO
BE PROTECTED.
ACCORDING TO WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS AS
IF THE LION WAS LURED AWAY FROM THAT PARK IN ORDER FOR THIS
HUNTER TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT HE DID.
AFTER HE USED A CROSSBOW,
THE LION DIDN'T DIE IMMEDIATELY.
IN FACT, THEY HAD TO STALK THE
LION FOR ANOTHER FORTY-FIVE MINUTES, AND THEY HAD TO SHOOT
IT WITH A RIFLE.
I'VE JUST GOTTA JUMP IN.
IT'S FORTY HOURS, MUCH WORSE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS FORTY MINUTES.
I KNOW, AND THEY KNOW THIS.
THE LION'S ACTIONS ARE ACTUALLY
BEING TRACKED BY A GPS DEVICE IN
OXFORD, UNIVERSITY, IN LONDON.
THE WORLD IS A FASCINATING
PLACE.
THEY REALIZED THAT THEY TRACKED THE LION FOR FORTY
HOURS, AND THEN KILLED IT WITH A RIFLE.
SOME OF THE TIMES THE
HUNTERS ARE LIKE, I GOT A CROSSBOW AND I'M SO TOUGH, NO,
NO, THE CROSSBOW HURT THE LION AND THEN YOU TRACKED IT DOWN AS
IT WAS STRUGGLING FOR LIFE FOR ALL THAT TIME, AND THEN SHOT IT WITH
A GUN.
NO, YOU'RE NOT A TOUGH GUY.
HERE'S MY TAKE ON HUNTING.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE LOVE HUNTING,
AND IS OFTEN SITUATIONS WHERE THE DEER ARE OVERPOPULATED,
EVERYBODY WINS TO THE HUNT, A
PART OF THE DEAL.
IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, WHERE IT IS
NOT SANCTIONED, IT IS NOT RIGHT, THE LOCALS ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF
IT, THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT IN
FAVOR OF IT.
YOU WANT TO GO AFTER THE LION?
OKAY, GO IN
THERE WITH A KNIFE.
GOOD LUCK.
DON'T COME TO ME WITH A CROSSBOW
AND A RIFLE AND THEN THINK YOU
ARE A TOUGH GUY.
HE DECAPITATED THE LION, AND PUT ITS HEAD ON A
STICK.
PEOPLE LIKE THE LION, AND THEY MAY SEE THAT, I THINK
BOTH SIDES GET CARRIED AWAY.
THE OTHER SIDE IS LIKE, THAT LION
NEVER HURT ANYBODY.
IT IS A LION.
IT WOULD NEED TO.
WHAT THEY MEAN BY THAT IS THAT THE LION SHOULD LIVE,
BECAUSE IT'S NOT HARMFUL TO THE
ENVIRONMENT.
I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT HOW
WILDLIFE IN SOME CASES IS OVERPOPULATED, AND SOMETIMES
HUNTING MAKES SENSE.
IN THIS CASE IT MAKES NO SENSE.
NO
REASON FOR THIS LION TO BE HUNTED.
PEOPLE WHO ARE OBSESSED
WITH KILLING EXOTIC ANIMALS, LIKE
THIS, ARE IDIOTS, AND THEY NEED TO FIND BETTER THINGS TO DO WITH
THEIR TIME.
I GET IT IF YOU WANT TO KILL GAME FOR FOOD, IF IT IS
OVERPOPULATED, WHATEVER, DO YOU.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO TRAVEL TO AFRICA,
PAY $55,000 TO KILL AN ANIMAL LIKE A LION, YOU HAVE GOT TO
FIND A BETTER HOBBY.
WHAT KIND OF ENJOYMENT YOU GET OUT OF
THAT?
HOW SMALL IS YOUR PENIS?
I DO KNOW THAT IT IS A WEIRD THING TO BRAG ABOUT.
OKAY, I
COULD ROLL IN WITH A TANK AND SHOOT THE LION WITH A TANK.
THAT
DOES NOT MAKE ME A TOUGH GUY.
WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS ADVANTAGE
OVER THE LION, WE HAVE WEAPONS.
THIS IS NOT THE OLD DAYS WHEN WE
WOULD GO ON HUNTS AND ONLY HAD SPEARS AND IT WAS A CHALLENGE.
SOMETIMES YOU WOULD GET IT AND SOMETIMES YOU WOULD NOT, AND IF
YOU DID NOT, YOUR FAMILY WOULD NOT EAT.
THAT WAS A REAL ISSUE.
IF
YOU ARE PROUD ABOUT THAT, I GET
IT.
IT IS IN OUR DNA TO BE PROUD OF THE HUNTING.
IF YOU ARE DOING IT IN THE OLD-SCHOOL WAY, I GET IT,
BUT DON'T BRAG AND FEEL GREAT THAT YOU HIT IT WITH
SEVERAL DIFFERENT WEAPONS AND THEN YOU DECAPITATED IT AND
YOU FEEL LIKE A TOUGH GUY.
YOU'RE NOT TOUGH.
PEOPLE WILL MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT IN THE U.S. WE KILL COWS,
AND CHICKENS, AND PIGS FOR FOOD, AND LOOK, WE SPEAK OUT AGAINST
THE TORTURE OF THOSE ANIMALS IN
ORDER TO KILL THEM FOR FOOD.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD
NEVER KILL ANY ANIMALS, I GET IT, PEOPLE KILL ANIMALS FOR
FOOD.
THIS WAS NOT AN ANIMAL THAT WAS KILLED FOR FOOD.
ON TOP
OF THAT, IT WAS TORTURED FOR
FORTY HOURS.
THAT IS SO UNBELIEVABLE TO ME.
MAKING AN
ANIMAL SUFFER FOR FORTY HOURS AS IT IS BLEEDING OUT WITH A
CROSSBOW.
WITH AN ARROW IN IT.
I WANT ALL OF YOU GUYS WHO ARE GOING BALLISTIC OVER THIS TO
ALSO CALM DOWN.
OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN TELL WE ARE NOT FANS OF HIM,
WE DON'T LIKE IT, BUT THERE ARE COMMENTERS ON FACEBOOK SAYING
THINGS LIKE, NOTHING IN THIS WORLD WOULD GIVE ME GREATER
PLEASURE THAN SEEING YOUR HEAD MOUNTED ON A WALL, YOUR CARCASS
DEFILED, DEGRADED, AND PARADED AS YOU DID TO CECIL, AND NEARLY
COUNTLESS OTHER ANIMALS.
BRING IT DOWN, THAT'S VERY IRONIC.
YOU DON'T LIKE THAT HE DID A KILLING OF AN ANIMAL AND NOW YOU
ARE THREATENING TO KILL HIM.
NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO GO, IT
REMINDS ME OF THE MUSLIM RADICALS WHO ARE LIKE, I'M SO
OFFENDED YOU CALLED ME VIOLENT,
HENCE I WILL KILL YOU.
NO, NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
SUPREMELY
IRONIC, DON'T DO THAT.
IT IS NOT RIGHT TO HUNT THE ANIMALS IN
THIS WAY, CERTAINLY NOT RIGHT TO
DO TO A HUMAN BEING THAT YOU DISAGREE WITH.
IF THERE ARE
LEGAL CONSEQUENCES, AND IT COULD BE UP TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON,
SOME OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE HUNT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
DETAINED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES BECAUSE IT IS
ILLEGAL, THAT MAKES SENSE.
YOU HAVE GOT TO FOLLOW LAW.
DON'T
GO OUTSIDE THE LAW AND GET MENTAL ABOUT A DENTIST IN
MINNESOTA AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING
TO DO TO HIM.
BRING IT DOWN.