Wasn’t the uproar because “Cecil” was coaxed off of a wildlife reserve and then the hunter advised he was available to be shot.
Well these wild cats go onto and off of these wildlife reserves all the time. If they were serious about protecting that lion, they should have kept it penned in.
[[Wasn’t the uproar because “Cecil” was coaxed off of a wildlife reserve and then the hunter advised he was available to be shot.]]
Apparently people think the hunters stood a foot or two outside the ‘line’ of the reserve saying ‘here kitty kitty kitty’ while enticing the cat with food
A common practice in African hunting is to drag an animal around a large area, spreading the scent all around to give a scent trail for the lions to follow- and like you say, lions aren’t exclusively ‘reserve lions’ or ‘free range’ lions- they come and go as they please- The hunters did NOTHING wrong because they did NOT go into a restricted hunting area and POACH the animal illegally-
But because someone named this lion, all of a sudden it’s an ‘international offence’ for which many think the dentist should lose his life over (as per the comments I n the thread I linked to in previous post)
That just goes to show how depraved the left really are- They would jump for joy if the dentist met his end because one lion in Africa was taken LEGALLY
Problem solved- find another l ion and name it Cecil and folks can move on- There’s over 30,000 lions so I’m sure they can find another black-maned male lion to name- Heck- they can even build an enclosure for it to ‘protect it’ until it dies of natural causes if they like- then they can all feel super righteous about ‘protecting the species’ and can die happy knowing they ‘cared for a particular lion for it’s lifespan *(Of course they will have to hire hunters to go out and kill 1000’s of Kudu, antelope, warthogs etc, many of which will just be wounded and wander off and die slowly without ever being found- but by golly that will be acceptable because by gosh these folks are caring for a lion)