Who’s Really Responsible for the Killing of Zimbabwe’s Lions and Other Wildlife?

Time ^ | July 29, 2015 | Nash Jenkins

[digger48]

Surprisingly good article from Time

[digger48]

This part is the end to the article. The rest of it is well worth the read.

[Paladin2]

Robert Moses Browning?

[GeronL]

hunted by desperate farmers with no other options for sustenance

Find a way to blame the white people.... lol

[GeronL]

Millions starving, yet only the “farmers” hunted the animals... lol.

[Paladin2]

Africans?

[Paladin2]

Mugabe?

[kingu]

Still like the money quote from one story... ‘Where is the world’s care for those who are killed in the villages by animals?’

If you treat something like a resource, and make it profitable to care for that resource, you’ll keep that resource. If you don’t, well, we’ve seen what happens. The old finger of shame... Meanwhile, people starve.

I wonder how many of the dentist’s employees are now out of work while everyone’s busy shaming him and making threats against him?

[PGR88]

The destruction of property rights led to a disintegrating economy and widespread poverty. Poaching — to feed the insatiable demand for rhino horn and ivory in China and other parts of Asia — became rife and much of the wildlife in Zimbabwe was simply wiped out.

I can't believe they said it.

The other point - $50K in hunts fees most definitely winds up in the pockets of Mugabe or his cronies.

[yoe]

Poaching! The Chinese chemist who sell Rino Horn do those with Erectile dysfunction...it brings them millions of $$$$. Poaching for ivory...killing/nay murdering magnificent elephants for their tusks. Poaching should carry the death penalty....and "doctors" who sell Rino or other animal parts for sexual virility should also face hard labor and loss of license if they ever had one. Poachers and Money and unbelievably calloused people who want to hang dead things for show should be shunned everywhere.

[digger48]

They actually do kill the poachers they find.

They just adhere to the SSS rule.

Shoot
Shovel
Shut-up

[digger48]

They actually do kill the poachers they find.

They just adhere to the SSS rule.

Shoot
Shovel
Shut-up

Except for the last 2. They just let the other critters and vultures take care of that part.

[CitizenUSA]

Time actually gets it right for a change? Wow!

[TYVets]

Millions starving

Mugabe's ZIMBABWE WANTS WHITE FARMERS BACK

There is a very good reason for the poaching, the blacks are hungry and their farms have failed

[ealgeone]

And what of the lions that die every day in Africa....don't their lives matter??

Or do only lions who are killed by people matter?

[I am Richard Brandon]

Mugabe has the signal honor of being the worst thing that happened to ‘Zimbabwe’ and arguably the worst thing that has happened to any post-colonial nation in Africa. He has earned these two awards because, like the Energizer Bunny, he keeps going and going and going. Other bad rulers had a much shorter half life but this guy has stayed on to completely ruin his country. And The West will not do anything about it. Wonder why.

[Tzfat]

Poachers and Money and unbelievably calloused people who want to hang dead things for show should be shunned everywhere.

Why are you here? Go rant at DU. They will feel your pain. FreeRepublic is for men and women who think. DU is more the place for such silly talk.

[MuttTheHoople]

Bush’s fault.

[Fightin Whitey]

And The West will not do anything about it. Wonder why.

We got the Mini-Me Mugabe in charge of affairs here and we can't or won't even do anything about him.

[RightGeek]

Amazin! Here’s a better link - http://time.com/3976344/cecil-lion-zimbabwe-walter-palmer/